When should I file a Supreme Court certiorari extension application?

Establish the final petition due date from the applicable law, correct judgment or order and any qualifying rehearing disposition.

Rule 13.3 uses judgment or order entry rather than mandate issue. Qualifying rehearing affects all parties under its stated conditions.

Read any actual extension order and its named parties. Filing an application does not create an extension.

Identify the individual Justice and the actual application filing event. Confirm the correct circuit allocation under Rule 22.3.

1. Establish the operative petition filing date under the applicable law and Court rules.
2. Identify all parties for whom extension relief is requested.
3. Check the ordinary ten-day advance requirement and the within-period requirement together.
4. Preserve the facts for any asserted extraordinary circumstances without presuming they suffice.
5. File and separately serve the application, then read the actual disposition.

The advance-filing requirement uses the correctly established final petition date. Rule 13.5 states an extraordinary-circumstances exception. Rule 30.2 says an application filed less than ten days before the final date will not be granted except in the most extraordinary circumstances and still requires filing within the period sought to be extended. An isolated backward preset cannot establish these facts or relief.

A petition due date depends on the applicable law and Rule 13 trigger. Judgment or order entry, qualifying rehearing and actual granted relief must be distinguished from mandate issue. This review does not establish current statutory eligibility or verify an entered petition due date.

Rule 30.1 excludes the starting day and states a next-open-day rule for a final closed day. It does not expressly specify backward-counting treatment. Do not move an application date later if that reduces the required advance interval. Confirm actual timing and filing availability with the Clerk rather than treating a projected date as permission.

No automated backward date is published. An entered due date does not prove petition timeliness, exceptional relief or an actual Justice grant. Closed-day treatment remains an identified procedural check.

Advance timing and within-period filing

Rules 13.5 and 30.2 ordinarily require at least ten days of advance filing. Rule 30.2 additionally requires filing within the period sought to be extended. The extraordinary-circumstances language is not guaranteed permission for late filing.

Good cause and supporting documents

Rule 13.5 requires the jurisdictional basis, identified judgment, opinion and any rehearing order, plus specific reasons supporting relief. Applications are not favored.

Named parties only

Identify every party seeking relief. Any granted extension applies solely to the parties named in the application.

Individual Justice and denial

Rule 30.3 directs this application to an individual Justice using Rule 22 presentation and service. Once denied, it may not be renewed.

Actual grant and amount

Rule 13.5 permits a Justice to grant up to sixty days for good cause. Neither the maximum nor a pending request establishes the granted petition due date.

• This source guide does not infer triggering facts, an extension or the effect of a particular direction.
• It provides no computed date or paid calculation record.

• Establish the correct petition filing date without using mandate issue as its trigger.
• Review qualifying rehearing, actual orders and applicable statutory authority.
• Preserve the ten-day advance interval and the within-period filing requirement.
• Identify the correct individual Justice and every party seeking relief.
• Include the required jurisdictional basis, judgment, opinion, rehearing order and specific reasons.
• Check Rule 22 application form, required copies and separate service.
• Read the actual disposition and named parties before relying on any extension.
• Rule 22.1 requires filing with the Clerk for transmission to the individual Justice. Rule 22.2 requires the original and two copies in Rule 33.2 form with service proof. Check current electronic requirements and Rule 29 timely-filing methods separately. Filing or dispatch does not prove that relief was granted.