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Emergency application

Parole board decisions

M.Z. v. New Jersey State Parole Board

Denied
No. 24A1212Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice AlitoFrom Supreme Court of New Jersey

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on June 12, 2025: the lower court's ruling stays in effect while the appeal continues.

Emergency rulings are temporary and do not decide the underlying case.

Filed Ruled 16 days after filing

What's being asked

M.Z., a private party, asks the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. The record does not explain the underlying dispute or give details of the ruling in M.Z.'s case against the New Jersey State Parole Board.

What the Court did

Justice Alito refused emergency help by denying (turning down) M.Z.'s request to pause the New Jersey ruling. The Court did not publish how the justices voted, and the record gives no reason for the denial.

Vote not published · 9the order does not say how they voted
  1. Roberts
  2. Thomas
  3. Alito
  4. Sotomayor
  5. Kagan
  6. Gorsuch
  7. Kavanaugh
  8. Barrett
  9. Jackson
The order does not say how any justice voted, as is usual on the emergency docket.
Half of 302 rulings on applications decided without a response came 8 to 28 days after filing, and the median was 14 days; this one was ruled on 16 days after filing.

What it means

The denial leaves the New Jersey Supreme Court's ruling in place, but does not decide who wins the underlying dispute. No related Supreme Court case or argument is listed.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 24A1212. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026