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Emergency application

Pausing a court ruling

Bryan S. Perez v. Mary Pelentay, Individually and as Trustee of the Quach Living Trust

Denied
No. 25A1171Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice KaganFrom Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on April 23, 2026: 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 3 days after filing

What's being asked

Bryan S. Perez and other private parties ask the Supreme Court to pause a ruling by Washington's Court of Appeals, Division 1. The other party is Mary Pelentay, individually and as trustee of the Quach Living Trust. The record does not say what the dispute concerns or what the appeals court ordered.

What the Court did

Justice Kagan refused emergency help, denying the request for a temporary pause of the lower-court ruling. The docket gives no explanation and says the Court did not publish how the justices voted.

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 212 rulings on applications decided without a response came 8 to 34 days after filing, and the median was 14 days; this one was ruled on 3 days after filing.

What it means

The Washington Court of Appeals ruling remains unpaused; this emergency decision does not decide who wins the dispute. No related Supreme Court case is listed.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A1171. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026