A May 15 filing in Daitona Carter, Federal Circuit No. 26-1721, spotlights one of the most consequential forms of interim appellate relief: an emergency stay pending appeal.

A May 16 filing in the Federal Circuit shows appellant Daitona Carter moving for an emergency stay pending appeal under Rule 8/18—an aggressive form of interim relief that can quickly become the most important dispute in an appeal’s early days. View full case on Docket Alarm

At a basic level, a stay pending appeal asks the appellate court to pause the effect of a lower tribunal’s order while the appeal proceeds.