No. 25-33

Pedro Ortiz-Romero v. Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico, et al.

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2025-07-09
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: adverse-employment-action comparator-evidence discrimination-inference employment-discrimination prima-facie-case retaliation
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a complaint in an employment discrimination lawsuit must contain specific facts that establish a prima facie case of discrimination; whether comparator evidence can support an inference of discrimination if the plaintiff and comparators do not share the same position, duties, and supervisor; whether a jury's disbelief of an employer's proffered reason for an adverse employment action can sustain an inference of discrimination or retaliation

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

The questions presented are— 1. Whether a complaint in an employment discrimination lawsuit must contain specific facts that establish a prima facie case of discrimination? 2. Whether comparator evidence can support an inference of discrimination if the plaintiff and comparators do not share the same position, duties, and supervisor. 3. Whether a jury’s disbelief of an employer’s proffered reason for an adverse employment action can sustain an inference of discrimination or retaliation. 4. Whether, this Supreme Court of the United States reverses the decision of the District Court of Puerto Rico and the First Circuit, regarding the filing of a motion to dismiss by the defendants (pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the F.R.Ciy.P.), and if the Court denies the motion to dismiss, the defendants must respond to the amended complaint of this plaintiff with clear, legal and constitutional arguments; ui PARTIES TO PROCEEDING Petitioner is Pedro Ortiz Romero and the Plaintiff in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and Appellant in the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit; Respondents are the Governmental Development Bank for Puerto Rico, (“GDB”), Christian Sobrino Vega it was President of the GDB and Chairman of FAFAA to June 30, 2018. And then President of the FAFAA and Guillermo Camba Casas (““Camba”), is an ex Director de Recursos Humanos y Relaciones Laborales to October 15, 2012. It was GDB*s Chief Operations Officer to March 23, 2018 and the defendants in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and Appellees in the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit;

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-07-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-07-21
Waiver of Governmental Development Bank for Puerto Rico, et al. of right to respond submitted.
2025-07-21
Waiver of right of respondent Governmental Development Bank for Puerto Rico, et al. to respond filed.
2025-01-07
Application (24A664) granted by Justice Jackson extending the time to file until March 3, 2025.
2025-01-02
2024-12-23
Application (24A664) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 2, 2025 to March 3, 2025, submitted to Justice Jackson.

Attorneys

Governmental Development Bank for Puerto Rico, et al.
Magda Mariela Rexach-RexachSchuster Aguilo LLP, Respondent
Magda Mariela Rexach-RexachSchuster Aguilo LLP, Respondent
Pedro Ortiz-Romero
Pedro Ortiz-Romero — Petitioner
Pedro Ortiz-Romero — Petitioner