Stay

A stay is a temporary pause of a lower-court order, judgment, deadline, or proceeding.

In Supreme Court practice, stay requests can determine what happens while appeals or emergency applications are pending.

Stay applications ask the Court to preserve or pause legal conditions while review continues, often on an emergency schedule.

Focus on what action is paused, how long the pause lasts, and whether the order previews merits concerns.

A stay is temporary. It does not itself decide the underlying legal question unless paired with a merits ruling.

• Mirabelli v. BontaDocket 25A810Stay request

  This case involves a challenge by teachers and parents to a California state policy requiring schools to use students' preferred names and pronouns regardless of their parents' wishes. The teachers object to being compelled to participate in implementing this policy.

• Adrian Jules, Petitioner v. Andre Balazs Properties, et al.Docket 25-83Stay request

  After Adrian Jules sued his former employer and related parties in federal court, the case was sent to arbitration and stayed. The Supreme Court is reviewing whether the same federal court can later hear a request to confirm or vacate the arbitration award even if the court would not otherwise have an independent basis for federal jurisdiction at that stage.

• Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, Applicant v. Lisa D. Cook, Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, et al.Docket 25A312Stay request

  This case involves a dispute over whether the President can remove a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors for cause based on conduct that occurred before their appointment, without providing prior notice or a hearing. The Court is considering whether to lift a lower court's order that currently blocks the President from carrying out such a removal.