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Emergency application

Pausing a state court ruling

Justin Mahwikizi v. FirstKey Homes, LLC

Denied
No. 26A132Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice BarrettFrom Supreme Court of Illinois

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on July 31, 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 14 days after filing

What's being asked

Justin Mahwikizi and other private parties ask the Supreme Court to temporarily pause an Illinois Supreme Court ruling. They are in a dispute with FirstKey Homes, LLC, and others, but the record does not explain what the dispute or ruling concerns.

What the Court did

Justice Barrett refused the requested temporary pause (denied the application). The ruling does not decide who wins the dispute, and 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 252 rulings on applications decided without a response came 8 to 30 days after filing, and the median was 14 days; this one was ruled on 14 days after filing.

What it means

The Illinois Supreme Court's ruling is not paused, but this emergency ruling does not decide who wins the dispute. No related case is listed, and the application is not set for argument.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 26A132. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026