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Emergency application

Emergency court orders

Reinaldo J. Aguiar Marcano v. Oscar Telfair

Denied
No. 26A39Injunction applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice AlitoFrom Supreme Court of Texas

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on July 15, 2026, so nothing changes while the case continues in the lower courts.

Emergency rulings are temporary and do not decide the underlying case.

Filed Ruled 12 days after filing

What's being asked

Reinaldo J. Aguiar Marcano, a private party, asks the Supreme Court for an emergency injunction (an urgent order requiring or stopping an action). The record does not describe the dispute or identify the Texas Supreme Court order at issue.

What the Court did

Justice Alito denied (turned down) Marcano’s request for emergency help. 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 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 12 days after filing.

What it means

This emergency ruling is temporary and does not decide who wins the underlying dispute. The dispute remains before the Supreme Court of Texas; the record lists no related Supreme Court case on the main question or argument date.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 26A39. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026