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Luis Payano-Perez v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 23-2874 · judgment February 19, 2025
Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025
Question presented
- Whether a trial court, in admitting evidence under Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b), must explicitly articulate the “chain of inferences” it relied upon in concluding that the evidence was offered for a proper purpose and had no link to a forbidden propensity purpose?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Alison Brill
Office of the Federal Public Defender, D.N.J.
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Linked docket
24A1225
Order
Order list, October 6, 2025 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 06 2025Petition DENIED.
- Jul 31 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Jul 29 2025Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Jul 15 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 20, 2025)
- Jun 16 2025Application (24A1225) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until July 16, 2025.
- Jun 10 2025Application (24A1225) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 16, 2025 to July 16, 2025, submitted to Justice Alito.