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Emergency application

Pausing a court ruling

Taron Jacquett v. Estefania Jacquett

Denied
No. 25A917Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice ThomasFrom Supreme Court of Florida

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on February 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 34 days after filing

What's being asked

Taron Jacquett asked the Court to temporarily pause a ruling by the Supreme Court of Florida in a case involving Estefania Jacquett. The docket does not say what the dispute or Florida court’s ruling concerns.

What the Court did

Justice Thomas refused the request for a temporary pause, so Taron Jacquett did not receive emergency relief. This refusal does not decide who should win the underlying dispute. The record does not report 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 215 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 34 days after filing.

What it means

The Supreme Court of Florida’s ruling remains in place. This emergency ruling does not decide the underlying dispute, and no related case asking the Supreme Court to decide it fully is listed.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A917. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026