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RULES  OF  THE  SUPREME  COURT 

Rule 30.  Computation and Extension of Time 

1.  In  the computation  of any  period of  time prescribed  or 
allowed by these Rules, by order of the Court, or by an appli­
cable statute, the day of the act, event, or default from which 
the  designated  period  begins  to  run  is  not  included.  The 
last  day of  the  period  shall be  included,  unless  it is  a  Satur­
day,  Sunday,  federal  legal  holiday  listed  in  5  U. S. C.  § 6103, 
or day on which the Court building is closed by order of the 
Court  or  the  Chief  Justice,  in  which  event  the  period  shall 
extend  until  the  end  of  the  next  day  that  is  not  a  Saturday, 
Sunday,  federal  legal  holiday,  or  day  on  which  the  Court 
building is closed. 

2.  Whenever  a  Justice  or  the  Clerk  is  empowered  by  law 
or  these  Rules  to  extend  the  time  to  ﬁle  any  document,  an 
application seeking an extension shall be ﬁled within the pe­
riod  sought  to  be  extended.  An  application  to  extend  the 
time to ﬁle a petition for a writ of certiorari or to ﬁle a juris­
dictional statement must be ﬁled at least 10 days before the 
speciﬁed  ﬁnal  ﬁling  date  as  computed  under  these  Rules;  if 
ﬁled less than 10 days before the ﬁnal ﬁling date, such appli­
cation  will  not  be  granted  except  in  the  most  extraordinary 
circumstances. 

3.  An application to extend the time to ﬁle a petition for a 
writ  of  certiorari,  to  ﬁle  a  jurisdictional  statement,  to  ﬁle  a 
reply  brief  on  the  merits,  or  to  ﬁle  a  petition  for  rehearing 
shall  be  made  to  an  individual  Justice  and  presented  and 
served  on  all  other  parties  as  provided  by  Rule  22.  Once 
denied, such an application may not be renewed. 

4.  An  application  to  extend  the  time  to  ﬁle  any  document 
or  paper  other  than  those  speciﬁed  in  paragraph  3  of  this 
Rule  may  be  presented  in  the  form  of  a  letter  to  the  Clerk 
setting out speciﬁc reasons why an extension of time is justi­
ﬁed.  The  letter  shall  be  served  on  all  other  parties  as  re­
quired by Rule 29.  The application may be acted on by the 
Clerk  in  the  ﬁrst  instance,  and  any  party  aggrieved  by  the 
Clerk’s action may request that the application be submitted 
to  a  Justice  or  to  the  Court.  The  Clerk  will  report  action 
under this paragraph to the Court as instructed.