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Emergency application

Pausing an appeals court ruling

Dwayne A. Reid, Jr. v. Julia Munley

Denied
No. 26A246Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice AlitoFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on August 26, 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 9 days after filing

What's being asked

Dwayne A. Reid, Jr. asks the Supreme Court to withdraw and temporarily pause the Third Circuit's mandate, its formal order in the appeal. The record does not explain the dispute or what the Third Circuit decided.

What the Court did

Justice Alito refused (denied) Reid's request for emergency help, which sought to withdraw and pause the Third Circuit's mandate. The order does not decide the underlying 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 273 rulings on applications decided without a response came 8 to 29 days after filing, and the median was 14 days; this one was ruled on 9 days after filing.

What it means

This ruling concerns only temporary emergency relief; it does not decide who wins the underlying dispute. The Third Circuit's mandate is not paused, and 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. 26A246. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 5, 2026