No. 25-5155
Luis Payano-Perez v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: evidence-admissibility evidentiary-purpose inference-chain propensity-evidence rule-404b trial-court-discretion
Latest Conference:
2025-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. 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?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
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?
Docket Entries
2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-07-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-07-29
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-07-29
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-07-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 20, 2025)
2025-06-16
Application (24A1225) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until July 16, 2025.
2025-06-10
Application (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.
Attorneys
Luis Payano-Perez
Alison Brill — Office of the Federal Public Defender, D.N.J., Petitioner
United States
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent