Whether a court-appointed counsel from an appellate litigation clinic may be granted an extension of time to file a certiorari petition due to personnel turnover and the need to learn case details

No question identified. : In the Supreme Court of the United States Ammon Ra Sumrall, Petitioner v. Georgia Dept. of Corrections, et al., Respondents. PETITIONER’S APPLICATION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE A PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI To The Honorable Clarence Thomas, as Circuit Justice for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit: Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 13.5, Petitioner Ammon Ra Sumrall respectfully requests that the time to file a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari in this matter be extended for forty-five days to January 22, 2026. The Court of Appeals issued its opinion and judgment on September 9, 2025. Absent an extension of time, the Petition would therefore be due on December 8, 2025. Petitioner is filing this Application at least ten days before that date. See S. Ct. R. 13.5. This 2 Court would have jurisdiction over the judgment under 28 U.S.C. §1254(1). REASONS FOR GRANTING AN EXTENSION OF TIME The time to file a Petition for Writ of Certiorari should be extended for forty-five days for these reasons: 1. The request for the extension of time is justified in order to provide undersigned counsel adequate time to prepare the petition: a. Undersigned counsel is the Director of the Appellate Litigation Clinic at the Georgetown University Law Center. The Appellate Litigation Clinic is a clinic run through the law school in which third-year students, under the supervision of licensed attorneys, litigate appeals in federal courts of appeals and work on cases before the Court. Undersigned counsel was appointed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to serve as court-appointed counsel in support of petitioner, Ammon Ra Sumrall. b. Because most of the personnel who worked on this case in the Eleventh Circuit turned over at the end of last academic year, it has been necessary for a new team to learn about the case and the issues. In this regard, the matter is not unlike a change in counsel which has supplied “good cause” for a time extension under this Court’s rules. See Gressman et al., Supreme Court Practice at 403 (10th ed. 2013). 2. The extension will provide adequate time for undersigned counsel to fully prepare a petition for a writ of certiorari on Mr. Sumrall’s behalf. 3. Similar applications previously have been approved by justices of this Court. See, e.g., Application No. 23A126 (Currica v. Miller) (August 14, 2023) (application for extension of time granted by Chief Justice Roberts in light of turnover of appellate litigation clinic personnel). 4. No meaningful prejudice would arise from this extension. CONCLUSION For the foregoing reasons, the application should be granted and the deadline for filing a petition for a writ of certiorari should be extended forty-five days to and including January 22, 2025. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Krica Hashimoto Erica Hashimoto, Director Georgetown University Law Center Appellate Litigation Clinic 111 F Street NW, Suite 306 Washington, D.C. 20001 (202) 662-9555 November 13, 2025