Martinez was born in Mercedes, Texas, and raised in Whatcom County, Washington, where he graduated from Lynden High School.

5089 following the appointment of Barbara Jacobs Rothstein as Director of the Federal Judicial Center.

Backpage, a classified advertising website specializing in online escort services, filed a lawsuit against the state of Washington to prevent a law that would require companies to verify the ages of people in sex-related advertisements.

The online escort service claimed, "Backpage and Internet Archive argue the new law violates the Communications Decency Act of 1996, as well as the First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments and the commerce clause of the U.S.

"[3] On 28 July 2012, Judge Martinez granted an injunction preventing the law from taking effect.