Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
Rule 1732 - Application for Stay or Injunction Pending Appeal. Number of Copies to be Filed(a)Application to trial court.-Application for a stay of an order of a trial court pending appeal, or for approval of or modification of the terms of any supersedeas, or for an order suspending, modifying, restoring, or granting an injunction during the pendency of an appeal, or for relief in the nature of peremptory mandamus, must ordinarily be made in the first instance to the trial court, except where a prior order under this chapter has been entered in the matter by the appellate court or a judge thereof.(b)Contents of application for stay.-An application for stay of an order of a trial court pending appeal, or for approval of or modification of the terms of any supersedeas, or for an order suspending, modifying, restoring, or granting an injunction during the pendency of an appeal, or for relief in the nature of peremptory mandamus, may be made to the appellate court or to a judge thereof, but the application shall show that application to the trial court for the relief sought is not practicable, or that the trial court has denied an application, or has failed to afford the relief which the applicant requested, with the reasons given by the trial court for its action. The application shall also show the reasons for the relief requested and the facts relied upon, and if the facts are subject to dispute the application shall be supported by sworn or verified statements or copies thereof. With the application shall be filed such parts of the record as are relevant. Where practicable, the application should be accompanied by the briefs, if any, used in the trial court. The application shall contain the certificate of compliance required by Pa.R.A.P. 127.(c)Number of copies to be filed.- To determine the number of copies to be filed, see Pa.R.A.P. 124(c) and its Official Note.The provisions of this Rule 1732 amended September 10, 2008, effective 12/1/2008, 38 Pa.B. 5257; amended January 5, 2018, effective 1/6/2018, 48 Pa.B. 461; amended February 8, 2019, effective 4/1/2019, 49 Pa.B. 832; amended October 28, 2021, effective 4/1/2022, 51 Pa.B. 7050.