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
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

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;

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

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
Pedro Ortiz-Romero
Pedro Ortiz-Romero — Petitioner