Veltor Underground, LLC v. Kelly Loeffler, Administrator, Small Business Administration, et al.
Whether a law school Supreme Court clinic and its director can be granted an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari based on academic and professional scheduling constraints
in these cases thus implicate broad financial interests and countless livelihoods. 5. There is good cause for an extension of time. Applicant is represented by Lawrence D. Rosenberg, who is the director of the West Virginia University College of Law’s Supreme Court Clinic. Students in the Clinic will be heavily involved in the drafting of Applicant’s petition for a writ of certiorari. Mr. Rosenberg and the Clinic students were extensively occupied drafting the petition for a writ of certiorari in United States v. Lora, No. 25-519, which was filed on October 24, 2025, and is currently pending before this Court. They are also drafting the opening brief in United States v. Travis Ramseur, No. 24-7202 (4 Cir.), which is due on December 19, 2025, and which has occupied a great deal of time over the past few months. The Clinic students have also had extensive academic and personal commitments during the past several weeks, including their Thanksgiving Break and upcoming final papers and examinations to be followed by their winter break. The students will not be able to meaningfully assist in drafting the petition for a writ of certiorari in this matter without the requested extension. Additionally, Mr. Rosenberg has had recently, and will have in the coming weeks, significant professional commitments that would also make completing the petition 1U.S. Census Bureau, Census Bureau Releases Demographic Characteristics of Nonemployer Business Owners, Press Release No. CB25-TPS.32 (May 8, 2025). 3 extremely difficult without the requested extension. In addition to his work with the Clinic described above, Mr. Rosenberg is lead counsel for JP Morgan Chase in two related matters pending in the Southern District of New York, No. 1:22-mc-00348, and the Southern District of Florida, No. 1:23-mc-24326, that have required extensive work recently. He is also lead counsel in several matters for Lufthansa that have also required extensive work recently: In the Matter of the Application of Lufthansa Technik AG, Petitioner, for an Order Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782 to Take Discovery Pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, of Respondent Thales Avionics, Inc. For Use in Foreign Proceedings (No. C.D. Cal.) and In the Matter of the Application of Lufthansa Technik AG, Petiti