Whether the Eighth Amendment permits a pro se incarcerated petitioner to seek an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari based on lack of legal representation and complexity of legal issues

No question identified. : Absent an extension, the petition for certiorari is due 90 days from April 1, 2025—i.e., July 1, 2025. Petitioner respectfully requests an additional 60-day extension, until August 30, 2025, due to being incarcerated and unrepresented by counsel. 3. Pro Se Status Petitioner is not a member of the Supreme Court bar and is currently representing himself. He therefore seeks leave of Court to file the Application pro se. 4. No Opposition Known Petitioner certifies that he is unaware of any opposition from Respondent to this extension request. 5. Compliance with Rule 13.5 Requirements The Application identifies: e The date the highest state court denied review (April 1, 2025). e The due date of the cert petition (July 1, 2025). e The prior absence of any extension. e The full extension requested (60 days). e The reasons: incarceration, absence of counsel, and complexity of legal issues. e Allfacts asserted herein and connected documents sworn to under penalty of perjury, prescribed by Title 28 U.S.C. § 1746. WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests that this Court: 1. Grant leave to file the accompanying Application pro se, and 2. Grant an extension of time until August 30, 2025, to file the petition for writ of certiorari. Respectfully submitted, Mr. Kriston Price Reg. No. A810224 Trumbull Correctional Institution 5701 Burnett Road Leavittsburg, OH 44430 Pro Se Petitioner Dated: June 18, 2025 Certificate of Service |, Kriston Price, hereby certify that on June 18, 2025, | served a copy of this Motion for Leave to File Pro Se Application for Extension of Time and the Application for Extension of Time to File Petition for Writ of Certiorari by mailing them via first-class U.S. mail, postage prepaid, to counsel of record: Dated: June 18, 2025 Respectfully, t r. Kriston Price Supreme Court of Ohio Clerk of Court Filed April 01, 2025 Case No. 2025-0057 The Supreme Court of Ohio State of Ohio 3 Case No, 2025-0057 v. : ENTRY Kriston Price 3 Upon consideration of the jurisdictional memoranda filed in this case, the court declines to accept jurisdiction of the appeal pursuant to S.Ct.Prac.R. 7.08(B)(4). (Cuyahoga County Court of Appeals; No. 113540) SMaron L. Kennedy hief Justice The Official Case Announcement can be found at COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO EIGHTH APPELLATE DISTRICT of COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA NOV 2°7..2024 STATE OF OHIO, Plaintiff-Appellee, No. 113540 Vv. KRISTON PRICE, JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED RELEASED AND JOURNALIZED: November 27, 2024 Criminal Appeal from the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Case No. CR-22-672959-A Appearances: Michael C. O’Malley, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Carson Strang, Eben McNair, and Jeffrey Maver, Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for appellee. Russell S. Bensing, for appellant. EMANUELLA D. GROVES, J.: {911} Kriston Price (“Price”), appeals his convictions for voluntary manslaughter with firearm specifications. Upon review, we affirm. i ao I. Facts and Procedural History {J 2} On July 26, 2022, Landon Joseph Rogers (“Rogers”) was shot multiple times and killed in a Shaker Heights apartment leased by Price (“the apartment”). Price was arrested after calling 9-1-1 and reporting that he “just had to kill his roommate.” In August 2022, a grand jury returned a five-count indictment against Price. Count 1 charged Price with aggravated murder, in violation of R.C. 2903.01(A); Count 2 charged him with murder, in violation of R.C. 2903.02(A); Count 3 charged Price with murder, in violation of R.C. 2903.02(B); Count 4 charged him with felonious assault, a second-degree felony, in violation or R.C. 2903.11(A)(1); and Count 5 charged Price with felonious assault, a seconddegree felony, in violation of R.C. 2903.11(A)(2). Each count carried oneand threeyear firearm specifications. Price pleaded not guilty and filed a notice indicating his intent to offer evidence and argue self-defense. The case proceeded to a jury trial in November 2023. The