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AMENDED Application to Extend Time to File Petition for Writ 1
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App. No: 24A709
In the
Supreme Court of the United States
GHISLAINE MAXWELL,
Petitioner,
v.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Respondent.
__________________________
PETITIONER’S AMENDED APPLICATION TO EXTEND TIME
TO FILE PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI
___________________________
To the Honorable Sonia Sotomayor, as Circuit Justice for the United States Court of
Appeals for the Second Circuit:
1. Petitioner Ghislaine Maxwell respectfully requests that the time to file a
Petition for a Writ of Certiorari in this case be extended for forty five days to April 10, 2025.
The court of appeals issued the Order denying the Petition for Rehearing/Rehearing En Banc
on November 25, 2024. Absent an extension of time, the petition would be due on Monday,
February 24, 2025. Petitioner is filing this Application at least ten days before the due date.
See S.Ct. R. 13-5. The jurisdiction of this Court is invoked under 28 U.S.C. § 1254(1).
2. Petitioner seeks review of the opinion of the United States Court of Appeals
for the Second Circuit based on substantial questions relating to that court’s resolution of
petitioner’s appeal. Specifically, the Second Circuit’s opinion acknowledged that it
deepened a circuit split on whether a plea agreement is binding on federal prosecutors in
districts other than the one in which it is entered. See United States v. Maxwell, 118 F. 4th
256 n.11 (2nd Cir. 2024) (“recogniz[ing] that circuits have been split on this issue”).
3. Undersinged counsel was just retained yesterday, on January 14, 2024. Due
to case-related
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