Arif Ahmed v. JP Morgan Chase & Co.

Opinion

COURT OF CHANCERY

OF THE

STATE OF DELAWARE

KATHALEEN ST. J. MCCORMICK LEONARD L. WILLIAMS JUSTICE CENTER CHANCELLOR 500 N. KING STREET, SUITE 11400 WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 19801-3734

July 7, 2026

Richard I. G. Jones, Jr. Sarah R. Martin Periann Doko Trevor T. Nielsen BERGER MCDERMOTT LLP Bryan T. Reed 1105 North Market Street, 11th Floor GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP Wilmington, Delaware 19801 222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1600 Wilmington, Delaware 19801

Re: Arif Ahmed v. JPMorgan Chase & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, C.A. No. 2025-1133-DG

Dear Counsel:

This decision resolves the defendants’ Application for Certification of an Interlocutory Appeal.1 The defendants filed the application after the deadline.

Delaware Supreme Court Rules and not Court of Chancery Rules govern interlocutory appeals. Delaware Supreme Court Rule 42(c)(i) requires that a party apply to the trial court for certification of interlocutory appeal “within 10 days of the entry of the order from which the appeal is sought or such longer time as the trial court, in its discretion, may order for good cause shown.”2 This court issued the decision on June 10, 2026.3 Under Delaware Supreme Court Rule 11, the deadline for filing the application was June 22, 2026, because the period of time for responding

1 C.A. No. 2025-1133-DG, Docket (“Dkt.”) 85.

2 Supr. Ct. R. 42(c)(i) (emphasis added).

3 Dkt. 84.

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exceeded seven days.4 The defendants filed the application on June 25, 2026.5 Good cause does not exist to extend the deadline. The application is denied.6 IT IS SO ORDERED.

Sincerely,

/s/ Kathaleen St. J. McCormick Chancellor

cc: All counsel of record (by File & ServeXpress)

4 Compare Supr. Ct. R. 11(a) (“When the period of time prescribed or allowed is less

than 7 days, intermediate Saturdays, Sundays and other legal holidays shall be excluded in the computation.”) (emphasis added) with Ct. Ch. R. 6(a)(1)(B) (“Exclude intermediate Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays when the period is less than 11 days.”) (emphasis added). 5 Dkt. 85.

6 See also J.C. Opco, LLC v. Hudson Hosp. Holdco, LLC, 284 A.3d 725 (Del. 2022)

(TABLE) (refusing an untimely application for interlocutory appeal); Bentley v. Div. of Youth & Fam. Servs., 836 A.2d 513 (Del. 2003) (TABLE) (same). Because the application is untimely, no Rule 42(b) criterion is applicable. See Supr. Ct. R. 42(c)(iv).