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Emergency application

Pausing an appeals court ruling

Marjorie Y Evans v. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Company

Awaiting action
No. 26A265Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice JacksonFrom United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Has the Court ruled?

Not yet. The Court has not ruled on the request.

It was filed August 21, 2026.

Filed

What's being asked

Marjorie Y. Evans asks the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by the First Circuit Court of Appeals. The case names Federal Home Loan Mortgage Company and others, but the record does not say what the dispute or the appeals court's ruling concerns.

What happens next

The Supreme Court has not ruled on the pending request and can act at any time, with or without an explanation. The docket says it was distributed for a conference; no response deadline, administrative stay, or argument is listed. The Court can grant the request, deny it, or grant part of it.

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's latest docket entry came 40 days after filing.

What it means

If granted, Evans's request would temporarily pause the First Circuit ruling while the case continues through that court's normal process. An emergency ruling would not decide who wins the underlying case; 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. 26A265. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 7, 2026