Former Trump administration adviser Peter Navarro asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to release him from prison pending appeal of his contempt of Congress conviction, asking for Justice Neil Gorsuch to weigh the request.

Navarro recently began his four-month prison sentence after being convicted of contempt of Congress charges last September for failing to comply with a Jan. 6 committee subpoena. Chief Justice John Roberts denied Navarro’s bid to remain out of prison pending appeal on March 18, and Navarro’s lawyer sent a letter to the high court asking for Gorsuch, a Trump appointee, to consider the latest request.

Stanley Woodward, an attorney for Navarro, argued that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit set a briefing schedule in his appeal that would “not be concluded until July 19, 2024, after he is scheduled to have served the entirety of his prison sentence.”

“Accordingly, we respectfully request your reconsideration of the Chief Justice’s denial,” Woodward added.

Roberts wrote on March 18 that he saw no reason to disagree with an appeals court decision denying Navarro’s request to remain free, adding that the decision was distinct from a ruling on the appeal itself, according to a one-page order.

Navarro’s latest bid marks his second request to the Supreme Court in recent weeks and follows another legal setback he sustained on Monday.

A federal judge separately threatened in February to hold Navarro in contempt of court if he failed to hand over emails from his time in the Trump administration to the National Archives in a ruling the appeals court affirmed on Monday.

Navarro’s request “would leave the United States with no ability to retrieve Presidential records from employees if they refuse to return Presidential records after being disciplined or exiting federal employment,” the panel wrote in a four-page judgment.

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It is unclear whether or how soon Gorsuch will respond to the request.

Navarro has served 15 days of his four-month sentence. He surrendered last month in Miami.