Whether the Tenth Circuit's affirmance of Maurice Farris's sentence was legally sound and consistent with applicable federal criminal law standards

No question identified. : To the Honorable Neil M. Gorsuch, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and Circuit Justice for the Tenth Circuit: Petitioner Maurice Farris, by undersigned counsel, prays for a 30-day extension of time, to and including August 8, 2025, in which to file a petition for a writ of certiorari. In support of this request, counsel states as follows: 1. On April 10, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed Mr. Farris’s sentence. (Attachment A.) 2. Mr. Farris has ninety days from that date to file a petition for a writ of cettiorari. Sup. Ct. R. 13.3. The petition is therefore due on July 9, 2025. This application is being filed at least ten days before that date. 3. The jurisdiction of this Court is invoked under 28 U.S.C. § 1254(1). 4, Since the Tenth Circuit’s decision in Mr. Farris’s case, undersigned counsel has filed an opening brief in United States v. Smith, No. 24-5088 (filed April 14); an opening brief in United States v. Kirby, No. 24-7070 (filed April 28); and a reply brief in United States v. Simmons, No. 24-6077 (filed May 5). Counsel is also responsible for preparing petitions for certiorari in United States v. Borne, 23-8008 (due July 2); United States v. Willis, 23-1058 (due July 2); and United States v. Garda, 24-1051 (currently due July 29); the answer brief in United States v. McCarthy, No. 25-5026 (currently due July 23); and the supplemental opening brief in Uwited States v. Cato, 24-5093 (currently due August 1). 5. Given their own current caseloads, as well as the work undersigned counsel has put into this case as counsel of record, no other attorney in the Office of the Federal Public Defender is in a position to file the petition by its current due date. For these reasons, Petitioner Maurice Farris respectfully requests that an order be entered extending the time in which to petition for a writ of certiorari by 30 days, to and including August 8, 2025. See Sup. Ct. R. 13.5. Respectfully submitted, VIRGINIA L. GRADY Federal Public Defender LEAH D. YAFFE Assistant Federal Public Defender Counsel of Record for Petitioner 633 17th Street, Suite 1000 Denver, Colorado 80202 (303) 294-7002