Hmm, Fed Judge, not SCOTUS. Do you think it will go up to SCOTUS?
The order of appeal for this sort of case is to Circuit Court. But Judge Leon has set out in his ruling, a denial of stay pending appeal, giving the parties a huge window of time to close the deal before appeal. He says, in this order, if he was asked to stay pending appeal, he would reject the request.
It's a very heavy handed order. Maybe justified, but still heavy handed.
Opinion and Order - US v. AT&T - Disctrict Of Columbia Civil Case 17-2511