No. 25A220
Roberto Lopez-Ortiz v. Massachusetts
Tags: appellate-review criminal-procedure discretionary-review due-process state-court time-extension
Key Terms:
Immigration
Immigration
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Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a state supreme court's denial of a discretionary extension of time for seeking further appellate review violates a criminal defendant's due process rights
Question Presented (from Petition)
No question identified. : The Massachusetts Appeals Court issued its opinion in this case on February 12, 2025. Commonwealth v. Lopez-Ortiz, 105 Mass. App. Ct. 265, 276, 283 (2025). On February 28, 2025 and again May 2, 2025, Lopez-Ortiz timely moved in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court for an extension of time for filing an application for “further appellate review” (discretionary review).
Docket Entries
2025-08-26
Application (25A220) granted by Justice Jackson extending the time to file until December 22, 2025.
2025-08-23
Application (25A220) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 23, 2025 to December 22, 2025, submitted to Justice Jackson.
Attorneys
Roberto Lopez-Ortiz
David James Nathanson — Jellison & Nathanson, LLP, Petitioner
David James Nathanson — Jellison & Nathanson, LLP, Petitioner