Whether the Eleventh Circuit's decision in Eric Robert Rudolph's case involves a significant legal issue warranting Supreme Court review due to potential circuit splits

No question identified. : No. 24-_ IN THE Supreme Court of the United States _ ERIC ROBERT RUDOLPH , Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent. _ APPLICATION FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE PETITION FOR WR IT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT _ TO THE HONORABLE CLARENCE THOMAS, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and Circuit Justice for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit: The Petitioner, ERIC ROBERT RUDOLPH , through undersigned counsel and pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2101 and Supreme Court Rules 13.5 and 30.2, respectfully requests an extension of time of sixty (60) days to file h is Petition for Writ of Certiorari in this Court. Mr. Rudolph will seek review of the decision of the United States Court of Appeals 2 for the Eleventh Circuit entered on February 12, 2024. The same court denied his petition for rehearing en banc on May 10, 2024. Mr. Rudolph invokes the jurisdiction of this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1254. H is time to file a Petition for Writ of Certiorari will expire on August 8, 2024. M r. Rudolph makes this application for an extension more than ten (10) days before the petition’s original due date. This is h is first request for an extension of time. We ask the Court to extend th e deadline because t he issue in this case is complex and subject to more than one circuit split, so the time required to do it justice is greater than usual. Moreover, c ounsel has deadlines i n other cases in August and September , including appeals in the Eleventh Circuit and post -conviction motions in the Northern District of Georgia, deadlines that may interfere with his preparation of Mr. Rudolph’s certiorari petition . CONCLUSION Mr. Rudolph asks this Court to extend the time to file the Petition for Writ of Certiorari by sixty (60) days, until and including October 7 , 2024. Respectfully Submitted, W. MATTHEW DODGE Counsel of R ecord FEDERAL DEFENDER PROGRAM 101 Marietta Street, NW Suite 1500 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 (404) 688-7530 Matthew _Dodge @FD.org July 1 7, 2024