Whether the Supreme Court should establish a uniform standard of appellate review for district court decisions allowing defendants to proceed pro se at supervised release revocation hearings

No question identified. : c. October 27, 2025: Expiration of time for filing a petition for writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court, unless extended. 3. Due to the demands of other cases in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Northern District of West Virginia, and especially in this Court, there has not been sufficient time to complete a petition for certiorari. Counsel’s last certiorari petition in United States v. Rashun Suncar (no Supreme Court case number yet assigned) was just filed to this Court two days ago on October 14, 2025. While progress has since been made on Walton’s case, additional time will be needed. 4. Petitioner intends to ask this Court to grant review on an important question of federal law—the appropriate standard of review of a district court’s decision to allow a defendant to proceed pro se at a supervised release revocation hearing—on which there is a circuit split, and this Court has not yet weighed in. 5. On October 16, 2025, undersigned counsel contacted the Office of the Solicitor General in an effort to obtain the government’s position on this request, leaving a contact number as directed by the answering machine. As of the time of filing, no response has been received. For the foregoing reasons, Petitioner Walton respectfully prays that this Court grant an extension of 30 days to and including November 26, 2025, within which to file his petition for writ of certiorari. Respectfully submitted, this the 16th day of October, 2025. /s/ Jenny R. Thoma Jenny Thoma Research & Writing Attorney Federal Public Defender’s Office Northern District of West Virginia 230 West Pike Street, Suite 360 Clarksburg, WV 26301 (304) 622-3823 jenny_thoma@fd.org