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Pedro A. Martinez-Mercado v. United States

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, No. 23-1067 · judgment March 19, 2025


Certiorari denied · December 8, 2025

Question presented

N0._______________ ■ IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES PEDRO A. MARTINEZ-MERCADO, PETITIONER, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, RESPONDENT, PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT Petitioner asks that a writ of certiorari issue to review the opinion and judgment entered by the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on March 19, 2025. PARTIES TO THE PROCEEDING The caption of this case names all parties to the proceeding in the court whose judgment is sought to be reviewed. RELATED PROCEEDINGS • United States v. Martinez-Mercado, No. 3:18-CR-569-RAM-1 (District of Puerto Rico) (criminal judgment entered Dec. 16, 2022) . • United States v. Martinez-Mercado , No. 23-1067, (USCOA for the First Circuit, March 19, 2025) (published).

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Pedro A. Martinez-Mercado

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Dec 08 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 19 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
  3. Oct 27 2025
    Petitioner complied with order of October 6, 2025.
  4. Oct 06 2025
    The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied. Petitioner is allowed until October 27, 2025, within which to pay the docketing fee required by Rule 38(a) and to submit a petition in compliance with Rule 33.1 of the Rules of this Court.
  5. Jul 10 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
  6. Jul 08 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  7. Jun 16 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 18, 2025)