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to prepare a petition for certiorari. Kleem v. INS, 479 U. S. 1308 (1986) (opinion in chambers); see also Madden, supra, at 1304. By their own account, counsel here filed a brief of 375 pages, raising 132 assignments of error, in the Court of Criminal Appeals; it is inconceivable that this could have been achieved without acquiring considerable familiarity with the record, voluminous though it may be. Moreover, counsel sought rehearing below, and thus have had six months to review the opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeals, which discussed in considerable detail the 132 allegations of error as it rejected each of them. Finally—and needless to say—counsel's planned absences should affect neither the degree of preparation afforded a client's case nor the orderly administration of our deadlines.
This is indeed a capital case, but our Rules envision only one "good cause" standard. See 498 U. S., at 1304-1305. Because the applicant here has failed to meet that standard, I deny the application for extension of time.
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