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Emergency application

Pausing a court ruling

Cathleen Perez, et vir v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

Denied
No. 26A85Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice AlitoFrom Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on July 17, 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

Cathleen Perez and her husband ask the Supreme Court to pause a ruling by the New Jersey Superior Court's Appellate Division. The ruling is part of their dispute with JPMorgan Chase Bank, but the record does not explain what it concerns.

What the Court did

The Court refused emergency help: Justice Alito denied the request to temporarily pause the lower-court ruling. The Court did not publish how the justices voted; this denial does not decide who wins the underlying dispute.

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 New Jersey Superior Court's Appellate Division ruling remains in effect because the Court denied a pause. That does not decide who wins the dispute. The record lists no related case before the Supreme Court and no argument date.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 26A85. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026