A Strange Sorting Feature On The Supreme Court’s Docket

I’ve noticed a quirk on the Supreme Court’s docket. Often, an order from a Justice will be entered before the notation for reply briefs, even though the reply briefs were filed before the order.

Such is the case with Hoskins v. Von Glahn, which concerned Missouri’s congressional maps.

The reply briefs were filed in the early hours of Tuesday, September 8. Then, around 6:00 in the evening, Circuit Justice Kavanaugh denied the order in chambers. Yet, on the docket, Kavanaugh’s order appears before the reply briefs.

If you were to just look at this docket, you might think that the reply briefs were filed after the Circuit Justice order, which would make no sense.

I’m not sure why they are sorted like this. Perhaps the Justice’s order always takes precedence in a given day?