( January 24, 2025, 7:56 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The acting solicitor general has asked the U.S. Supreme Court for more time to respond to a petition filed by plaintiffs who are challenging a lower court’s decision and seeking reversal of an appellate court’s subsequent refusal to entertain their appeal, that held that the plaintiffs are not entitled to a jury trial in their case against the U.S. government related to water contamination at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina....