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Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on July 1, 2026, for more time to file a petition for review in his case against CNN. The filing seeks to move the certiorari deadline from July 15 to August 14. A prior request had already been granted on June 5, after an earlier application asked to extend the original June 15 due date. ([supremecourt.gov](https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=%2Fdocket%2Fdocketfiles%2Fhtml%2Fpublic%2F25a1357.html))

The application was filed under the Court’s Rule 13.5 and went to Justice Clarence Thomas, who handles emergency matters for the Eleventh Circuit. In the filing, Trump’s counsel said they needed additional time to confer with him and prepare the petition. The document also says the request was made more than 10 days before the then-current deadline. ([supremecourt.gov](https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=%2Fdocket%2Fdocketfiles%2Fhtml%2Fpublic%2F25a1357.html))

The underlying case is Trump v. CNN, No. 23-14044, from the Eleventh Circuit. The Supreme Court docket shows the lower court’s denial of rehearing en banc was entered on March 17, 2026, and the earlier extension history is limited to the June 5 grant and the July 1 further-extension request. The docket does not itself decide the merits of the appeal; it only records the timing request now pending before the Court. ([supremecourt.gov](https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=%2Fdocket%2Fdocketfiles%2Fhtml%2Fpublic%2F25a1357.html))

For now, the only concrete change is procedural: if the Court grants the request, the petition deadline would move to August 14. Until then, the current due date remains July 15. ([supremecourt.gov](https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=%2Fdocket%2Fdocketfiles%2Fhtml%2Fpublic%2F25a1357.html))