Devon Archer, a former business associate of Hunter Biden convicted of defrauding a Native American tribe, is appealing the ruling to the highest court in the land.

Archer in 2018 was sentenced to a year and one day in prison by a federal grand jury in New York for fraudulently issuing and selling more than $60 million in tribal bonds. He is asking the Supreme Court to act on the basis that he needs new legal counsel, according to a copy of the petition sent to the Washington Examiner.

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“This Court should grant review to clarify this important and recurring principle of criminal procedure to ensure that clear, unwaived, and fundamental errors do not go uncorrected,” Archer’s attorneys wrote in the filing, which has yet to be docketed.

The question Archer's attorneys would like answered in his appeal is the breadth of a criminal procedure rule that gives federal judges the leeway to put aside a jury's verdict and order a new trial "if the interest of justice so requires."

The petition marks the second time Archer has appealed to the Supreme Court. The first time, in 2021, was to request a new trial. His latest request also asks the justices to reexamine his sentencing, which his lawyers claim was based on a miscalculation of federal sentencing guidelines.

President Joe Biden's son is not implicated in the case, but should the appeal be successful, Archer could avoid serving the remainder of his prison sentence.

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In addition to the sentence, Archer was forced to hand over $15.7 million and pay $43.4 million in restitution.

Archer attracted media spotlight after closed-door testimony before the House Oversight Committee in late July regarding the House Republican investigation into Hunter Biden's business dealings.