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Emergency application

Pausing a bankruptcy ruling

Paul Schultz v. H. Jason Gold

Awaiting action
No. 26A658Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to The Chief JusticeFrom United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the 10th Circuit

Has the Court ruled?

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

It was filed November 2, 2026.

Filed

What's being asked

Paul Schultz asks the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by the U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Tenth Circuit. The record does not explain what the ruling or the dispute between Schultz and H. Jason Gold concerns.

What happens next

The Court has not ruled and can act at any time, with or without an explanation. No response deadline was requested, no referral to the full Court was made, no administrative pause is in place, and no argument is scheduled. The Court can grant the request, deny it, or grant part of it.

What it means

An emergency ruling would be temporary and would not decide who wins the underlying dispute. If granted, Schultz's request would pause the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel's ruling for now. The docket lists no related Supreme Court case or argument date; it does not say what continues in the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 26A658. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked November 6, 2026