Mumia's Request for a Delay in Filing Granted by the U.S. Supreme Court               
by C. Clark Kissinger

The United States Supreme Court has granted a filing extension for Mumia's
petition for a writ of certiorari. A writ of certiorari is a legal device by
which the Supreme Court may elect to review an issue. Mumia now has until
April 24 to file, and his legal team expects to file shortly before that
date. The state of Pennsylvania will have 30 days to respond, but they may
also ask for an extension.

Through this motion Mumia is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the
violations of his Sixth Amendment rights. He was denied the right to
represent himself, to have the counsel of his choice, and he was barred from
the courtroom during most of the trial in which he was sentenced to death
with no provision for following daily events in the courtroom.

The Supreme Court rejects most applications for writs of certiorari, and if
Mumia's request is denied he will then proceed through the normal federal
appeal process by seeking a writ of habeas corpus from the federal district
court in Philadelphia later this year.


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