Presentment Date: May 31, 2017

Objection Date: May 29, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. (AST).

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

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In re:

THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND 

MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO,

 as representative of 

THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, et al.

 Debtors.

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PROMESA

Title III

No. 17 BK 3283-LTS

(Jointly Administered)

NOTICE OF PRESENTMENT OF 

ORDER (A) IMPOSING AND RENDERING APPLICABLE LOCAL 

BANKRUPTCY RULES TO THESE TITLE III CASES, (B) AUTHORIZING 

ESTABLISHMENT OF CERTAIN NOTICE, CASE MANAGEMENT, AND 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES, AND (C) GRANTING RELATED RELIEF

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that upon the Motion of Debtors for Order (A) 

Imposing and Rendering Applicable Local Bankruptcy Rules to These Title III Cases, (B) 

Authorizing Establishment of Certain Notice, Case Management, and Administrative 

Procedures, and (C) Granting Related Relief [ECF No. 43] (the “Motion”) the Debtors, 

by and through the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, as the 

Debtors’ representative pursuant to section 315(b) of the Puerto Rico Oversight, 

Management, and Economic Stability Act (“PROMESA”),2 will present the amended 

 1 The Debtors in these Title III Cases, along with each Debtor’s respective bankruptcy 

case number and the last four (4) digits of each Debtor’s federal tax identification 

number, as applicable, are the (i) Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Bankruptcy Case No. 

17 BK 3283-LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3481); and (ii) Puerto Rico 

Sales Tax Financing Corporation (“COFINA”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 17 BK 3284) 

(Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 8474).

2

 PROMESA is codified at 48 U.S.C. §§ 2101-2241.

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proposed order, attached as Exhibit A (the “Second Amended Proposed Order”), to the 

Honorable Laura Taylor Swain, United States District Judge, sitting in the United States 

District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Courtroom 3 of the United States District 

Court for the District of Puerto Rico, U.S. Courthouse, 150 Chardón Avenue, San Juan, 

P.R. 00918-7095 for signature on May 31, 2017.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that on May 16, 2017, the Debtors filed 

an Amended Proposed Order With Respect to Debtors’ Motion for Order (a) Imposing 

and Rendering Applicable Local Bankruptcy Rules to These Title III Cases, (b) 

Authorizing Establishment of Certain Notice, Case Management, and Administrative 

Procedures, and (c) Granting Related Relief [Docket No. 168] (the “First Amended 

Proposed Order”). A redline comparing the Second Amended Proposed Order against the 

First Amended Proposed Order is attached hereto as Exhibit B.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that unless a written objection to the 

Second Amended Proposed Order (“Objection”) is filed with the Court no later than 5:00 

p.m. (AST) on May 29, 2017, no hearing will be held and the Amended Proposed Order 

may be signed.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that copies of the Motion, the Second 

Amended Proposed Order, the First Amended Proposed Order, and all documents filed in 

these title III cases are available (a) free of charge by visiting 

https://cases.primeclerk.com/puertorico or by calling +1 (844) 822-9231, and (b) on the 

Court’s website at http://www.prd.uscourts.gov, subject to the procedures and fees set

forth therein.

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Dated: May 26, 2017

San Juan, Puerto Rico

/s/ Martin J. Bienenstock

Martin J. Bienenstock (pro hac vice)

Paul V. Possinger (pro hac vice)

Ehud Barak (pro hac vice)

Maja Zerjal (pro hac vice)

PROSKAUER ROSE LLP

Eleven Times Square

New York, NY 10036

Tel: (212) 969-3000

Fax: (212) 969-2900

Attorneys for the Financial Oversight and 

Management Board as representative for the 

Debtors

/s/ Hermann D. Bauer

Hermann D. Bauer

USDC No. 215205

O’NEILL & BORGES LLC

250 Muñoz Rivera Ave., Suite 800

San Juan, PR 00918-1813

Tel: (787) 764-8181

Fax: (787) 753-8944

Co-Attorneys for the Financial Oversight and 

Management Board as representative for the 

Debtors

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Exhibit A

Second Amended Proposed Order

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

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In re:

THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND 

MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO,

 as representative of 

THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, et al.

 Debtors.1

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PROMESA

Title III

No. 17 BK 3283-LTS

(Jointly Administered)

ORDER (A) IMPOSING AND RENDERING APPLICABLE LOCAL 

BANKRUPTCY RULES TO THESE TITLE III CASES, (B) AUTHORIZING 

ESTABLISHMENT OF CERTAIN NOTICE, CASE MANAGEMENT, 

AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES, AND (C) GRANTING RELATED RELIEF

Upon the Motion of Debtors for Order (A) Imposing and Rendering Applicable Local 

Bankruptcy Rules to These Title III Cases, (B) Authorizing Establishment of Certain Notice, 

Case Management, and Administrative Procedures, and (C) Granting Related Relief (the 

“Motion”);2 and the Court having found it has subject matter jurisdiction over this matter 

pursuant to section 306(a) of PROMESA; and it appearing that venue in this district is proper 

pursuant to section 307(a) of PROMESA; and the Court having found that the relief requested in 

the Motion is in the best interests of the Debtors, their creditors, and other parties in interest; and 

the Court having found that the Debtors provided adequate and appropriate notice of the Motion 

 1 The Debtors in these Title III Cases, along with each Debtor’s respective Title III case 

number listed as a bankruptcy case number due to software limitations and the last four (4) 

digits of each Debtor’s federal tax identification number, as applicable, are the (i) 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Bankruptcy Case No. 17 BK 3283-LTS) (Last Four Digits of 

Federal Tax ID: 3481); and (ii) Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation (“COFINA”) 

(Bankruptcy Case No. 17 BK 3284) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 8474).

2 Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the 

Motion.

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under the circumstances and that no other or further notice is required; and the Court having 

reviewed the Motion and having heard the statements of counsel in support of the Motion at a 

hearing held before the Court (the “Hearing”); and the Court having determined that the legal 

and factual bases set forth in the Motion and at the Hearing establish just cause for the relief 

granted herein; and any objections to the relief requested herein having been withdrawn or 

overruled on the merits; and upon the record herein, after due deliberation thereon, the Court 

having found that good and sufficient cause exists for the granting of the relief as set forth 

herein,

THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

1. The Motion is granted as set forth herein.

2. The Local Bankruptcy Rules are imposed for and made applicable to these 

Title III Cases (and all other title III cases filed by affiliates of the Debtors that are jointly 

administered with these Title III Cases, if any).

3. The Case Management Procedures, as amended and set forth on Exhibit 1 hereto, 

are approved and shall govern all applicable aspects of these Title III Cases (and all other title III 

cases filed by affiliates of the Debtors jointly administered with these Title III Cases, if any, 

upon providing parties in interest in such other Title III Cases with notice and an opportunity to 

object according to the Presentment Procedures (as defined in the Case Management 

Procedures)), except as otherwise ordered by the Court.

4. To the extent the Case Management Procedures conflict with the Bankruptcy 

Rules, the Local District Court Rules, or the Local Bankruptcy Rules, the Case Management 

Procedures shall govern and supersede such rules to the extent that such variance is permitted by 

the relevant rules.

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5. The first five omnibus hearings in these Title III Cases (and all other title III cases 

filed by affiliates of the Debtors that the Court may order to be jointly administered with these 

Title III Cases, if any) are scheduled as follows:

• 9:30 a.m. on the 28th day of June, 2017;

• 9:30 a.m. on the 9th day of August, 2017;

• 9:30 a.m. on the 27th day of September, 2017;

• 9:30 a.m. on the 15th day of November, 2017; and

• 9:30 a.m. on the 20th day of December, 2017.

6. Those in attendance at any hearing shall refrain from wearing cologne or perfume.

7. The Debtors’ claims and noticing agent is authorized and directed to establish a 

case website, where, among other things, the Case Management Procedures, and also all 

pleadings, key dates, and information about these Title III Cases will be posted.

8. Notwithstanding the applicability of any Bankruptcy Rule, the terms and 

conditions of this order shall be immediately effective and enforceable upon its entry.

9. The Debtors and the Oversight Board, as the Debtors’ representative, are 

authorized to take all actions, and to execute all documents, necessary or appropriate, to 

effectuate the relief granted in this order in accordance with the Motion, consistent with the Case 

Management Procedures set forth in Exhibit 1.

10. The Court shall retain exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine any and all 

matters arising from or related to the implementation, interpretation, and enforcement of this 

order.

Dated: May , 2017

San Juan, Puerto Rico Honorable Laura Taylor Swain

United States District Judge

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Exhibit 1

Case Management Procedures

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

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In re:

THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND 

MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO,

 as representative of 

THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, et al.

 Debtors.1

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PROMESA

Title III

No. 17 BK 3283-LTS

(Jointly Administered)

NOTICE, CASE MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

On May 3, 2017, the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico 

(the “Oversight Board”), as representative of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (the 

“Commonwealth”) pursuant to section 315(b) of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and 

Economic Stability Act (“PROMESA”),2 filed a title III case (the “Commonwealth’s Title III 

Case”) for the Commonwealth by issuing a restructuring certification pursuant to PROMESA 

sections 104(j) and 206 and filing a voluntary petition for relief for the Commonwealth pursuant 

to PROMESA section 304(a).

On May 5, 2017, the Oversight Board, as representative of the Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing 

Corporation (“COFINA,” and together with the Commonwealth, the “Debtors”) pursuant to 

section PROMESA 315(b), filed a title III case (“COFINA’s Title III Case,” and together with 

the Commonwealth’s Title III Case, the “Title III Cases”) for COFINA by issuing a restructuring 

certification pursuant to PROMESA sections 104(j) and 206 and filing a voluntary petition for 

relief for COFINA pursuant to PROMESA section 304(a).

On May 9, 2017, the Debtors filed a motion seeking the joint administration of these Title III 

Cases, for procedural purposes only, pursuant to PROMESA section 304(g) and Bankruptcy 

Rule 1015, made applicable to these Title III Cases by PROMESA section 310.

 1 The Debtors in these Title III Cases, along with each Debtor’s respective bankruptcy case 

number and the last four (4) digits of each Debtor’s federal tax identification number, as 

applicable, are the (i) Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Bankruptcy Case No. 17 BK 3283-

LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3481); and (ii) Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing 

Corporation (“COFINA”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 17 BK 3284) (Last Four Digits of Federal 

Tax ID: 8474).

2 PROMESA has been codified in 48 U.S.C. §§ 2101-2241.

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On ________, 2017, the Court entered an order (the “Procedures Order”): (a) incorporating the 

Local Bankruptcy Rules for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Puerto Rico 

(the “Local Bankruptcy Rules”) for these Title III Cases; (b) approving and implementing the 

notice, case management, and administrative procedures (collectively, the “Case Management 

Procedures”); and (c) granting certain related relief. 

Anyone may obtain a copy of the Procedures Order, as well as any document filed with the Court 

in these Title III Cases by: (a) accessing the website maintained by Prime Clerk LLC (the 

“Claims and Noticing Agent”) at https://cases.primeclerk.com/puertorico (the “Case Website”); 

(b) contacting the Claims and Noticing Agent directly at (844)-822-9231 (toll free for U.S. and 

Puerto Rico) or (646)-486-7944 (for international callers); or (c) for a nominal fee, accessing the 

PACER system through the Court’s website at www.prd.uscourts.gov. Finally, paper copies of 

all pleadings filed in these Title III Cases may be available from the Court Clerk pursuant to the 

Court’s procedures and miscellaneous fee schedule of the District of Puerto Rico.

Pursuant to the Procedures Order, all notices, motions, applications, briefs, memoranda, 

affidavits, declarations, objections, responses, replies, and other documents filed in these Title III 

Cases are subject to, and will not be deemed properly served, unless they are served in 

accordance with, these Case Management Procedures. 

Additionally, while the Bankruptcy Rules and the Local Bankruptcy Rules apply to these

Title III Cases, to the extent there is a conflict between the foregoing and the Case Management 

Procedures, the Case Management Procedures govern in all respects to the extent that such 

variance is permitted by the relevant rules.

ALL PARTIES IN INTEREST ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO REVIEW THESE 

CASE MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES IN THEIR ENTIRETY AND CONSULT THEIR 

OWN LEGAL COUNSEL WITH RESPECT TO THE MATTERS DISCUSSED HEREIN 

PRIOR TO FILING ANY DOCUMENTS IN THESE TITLE III CASES.

Case Management Procedures

I. General Case Administration and Pleadings

A. The Claims and Noticing Agent is authorized to establish the Case Website available 

at https://cases.primeclerk.com/puertorico, where, among other things, all pleadings, 

key dates, and information about these Title III Cases will be posted.

B. All documents filed in these Title III Cases, including, but not limited to, all notices, 

motions, applications, other requests for relief, all briefs, memoranda, affidavits, 

declarations, and other documents filed in support of such papers seeking relief 

(collectively, the “Pleadings”), objections or responses to the Pleadings 

(the “Objections”), statements related thereto (“Statements”), and replies thereto 

(the “Replies” and together with the Pleadings, the Statements, and the Objections, 

the “Documents”) shall be filed electronically with the Court on the docket of In re 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Case No. 17 BK 3283-LTS (the “Docket”), by 

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registered users of the Court’s case filing system in searchable portable document 

format (“PDF”).

C. A hearing notice (“Notice of Hearing”) shall be filed and served concurrently with all 

Pleadings and shall include the following: (i) the title of the Pleading; (ii) the parties 

upon whom any Objection to the Pleading is required to be served; (iii) the date and 

time of the applicable Objection Deadline (as defined below); (iv) the date of the 

hearing at which the Pleading shall be considered by the Court; and (v) a statement 

that the relief requested may be granted without a hearing if no Objection is timely 

filed and served in accordance with the Case Management Procedures.

D. The applicable Objection Deadline and hearing date shall appear on the upper right 

corner of the first page of the Notice of Hearing and on the upper right corner of the 

first page of each Pleading. The applicable hearing date shall appear on the upper 

right corner of the first page of any filed Objection.

E. Unless prior permission has been granted, memoranda of law in support of motions or 

Objections are limited to thirty-five (35) pages and memoranda of law in support of 

Replies are limited to fifteen (15) pages. All memoranda shall be double-spaced, 

12-point font, with 1” margins. Memoranda of ten (10) pages or more shall contain a 

table of contents and a table of authorities. The page(s) with the case caption shall 

not be counted for purposes of the foregoing page limits.

F. Nothing in the Case Management Procedures shall prejudice the right of any party to 

move the Court to request relief under Bankruptcy Code section 107(b) or 

Bankruptcy Rule 9018 to protect: (i) any entity with respect to a trade secret or 

confidential research, development, or commercial information, or (ii) any person 

with respect to a scandalous or defamatory matter, or personally identifiable 

information, contained in a Document filed in these Title III Cases.

G. If any Pleading or Objection seeks an evidentiary hearing, the evidentiary hearing 

request shall be prominently displayed on the Pleading or Objection. The Court 

retains full discretion regarding the scheduling of evidentiary hearings.

H. Scheduling requests (other than from the Debtors) must be brought by urgent motion

(“Urgent Motion”). All Urgent Motions must be preceded by reasonable, good-faith 

communications in an effort to resolve or narrow the issues that are being brought to 

the Court in such Urgent Motion request. All Urgent Motions shall have a 

certification that the reasonable, good-faith communications took place, and if there is 

knowledge that there will be an objection to the Urgent Motion, the anticipation of an 

objection shall be prominently disclosed in the Urgent Motion. Courtesy copies of all 

Urgent Motions shall be e-mailed to the Court at 

swaindprcorresp@nysd.uscourts.gov.

I. All Pleadings, whether Urgent Motions or not, that are requesting relief, shall be 

accompanied by a proposed order.

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J. All communications filed in these Title III Cases that are informative and do not 

request any relief shall be labeled as an informative motion.

II. Service 

A. All Documents shall be served, in the manner descried herein, on the following 

parties (collectively, the “Standard Parties”):

(i) Chambers of the Honorable Laura Taylor Swain:

United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

150 Carlos Chardón Street,

Federal Building, Office 150,

San Juan, P.R. 00918-1767

-andUnited States District Court for the Southern District of New York

Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse

500 Pearl St., Suite No. 3212

New York, New York 10007-1312

(ii) Office of the United States Trustee for Region 21

Edificio Ochoa, 500 Tanca Street, Suite 301 

San Juan, PR 00901-1922

(iii) Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority (AAFAF):

Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority

Roberto Sánchez Vilella (Minillas) Government Center

De Diego Ave. Stop 22

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00907

Attn: Gerardo J. Portela Franco

 Mohammad Yassin, Esq.

E-Mail: Gerardo.Portela@aafaf.pr.gov

 Mohammad.Yassin@aafaf.pr.gov

(iv) Counsel for AAFAF:

O’Melveny & Myers LLP

7 Times Square

New York, New York 10036

Attn: John J. Rapisardi, Esq.

Suzzanne Uhland, Esq.

Peter Friedman, Esq.

Diana M. Perez, Esq. 

E-Mail: jrapisardi@omm.com

suhland@omm.com

Law Offices of Andrés W. López, Esq.

902 Fernández Juncos Ave.

San Juan, PR 00907

Attn: Andrés W. López, Esq.

E-Mail: andres@awllaw.com

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pfriedman@omm.com

dperez@omm.com

(v) Counsel for the Oversight Board:

Proskauer Rose LLP

Eleven Times Square 

New York, New York 10036-8299

Attn: Martin J. Bienenstock

Paul V. Possinger

 Ehud Barak

 Maja Zerjal

 Chris Theodoridis

E-Mail: mbienenstock@proskauer.com

ppossinger@proskauer.com

 ebarak@proskauer.com

 mzerjal@proskauer.com

 ctheodoridis@proskauer.com

O’Neill & Borges LLC

250 Muñoz Rivera Ave., Suite 800

San Juan, PR 00918-1813

Attn: Hermann D. Bauer, Esq.

E-Mail: herman.bauer@oneillborges.com

(vi) attorneys for any statutory committee of unsecured claimholders appointed in these 

Title III Cases (the “Creditors’ Committee”), or until such time as any committee is 

appointed, the entities listed on the List of Creditors Holding the 20 Largest 

Unsecured Claims. 

(vii) counsel to any other statutory committee appointed in these Title III Cases.

B. All paper and e-mail courtesy copies served on the Court shall include the applicable 

Case Management/Electronic Case Files (“CM/ECF”) header information.

C. For purposes of service pursuant to Bankruptcy Rules 7004(b)(6), 7004(b)(9), and 

7004(g), all service to the Debtors shall be made both to counsel to the Oversight 

Board and counsel to AAFAF, as listed above.

D. Any creditor or party in interest that wishes to receive notice in these Title III Cases 

and is not otherwise entitled to notice pursuant to the Case Management Procedures 

shall file a notice of appearance (a “Notice of Appearance”) and request for service of 

papers in accordance with Bankruptcy Rules 2002 and 9010(b) and the Case 

Management Procedures. Any party that has previous filed a pro hac vice motion but 

not a Notice of Appearance should file a Notice of Appearance to ensure that such 

party receives notice of Documents filed in these Title III Cases. For purposes of 

these Title III Cases, creditors or parties in interest filing such Notices of Appearance 

shall be included in the CM/ECF system for noticing purposes and will be considered 

to have accepted, upon filing of such Notice of Appearance, to receive documents and 

notices through the CM/ECF system. Alternatively, if direct inclusion in the 

CM/ECF system is not possible, the filer of a Notice of Appearance shall be 

considered to have consented to receive electronic notices pursuant to Local 

Bankruptcy Rule 5005-4(g), unless the filing party complies with the certificate 

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requirement set forth in the second paragraph of this Section II.D and the Court 

approves such certification.

The Notice of Appearance shall include the following: (i) the requesting party’s 

name, address, and telephone number; (ii) the name and address of the requesting 

party’s counsel, if any; (iii) the requesting party’s email address for service by 

electronic transmission; (iv) the requesting party’s address for service by U.S. mail, 

hand delivery, and/or overnight delivery; and (v) the requesting party’s facsimile 

number for service by facsimile. Any creditor or party-in-interest that files a Notice 

of Appearance and request for service of papers in accordance with the Case 

Management Procedures shall receive notice via electronic transmission. Any 

individual or entity that does not maintain and cannot practicably obtain an email 

address must include in its Notice of Appearance a certification stating the same and 

state the reasons why obtaining such email address is not feasible or unduly 

burdensome. Notice will be provided to these individuals or entities by U.S. mail, 

overnight delivery, or facsimile at the filing party’s discretion. Notwithstanding 

Bankruptcy Rules 2002 and 9010(b), no request for service filed in these Title III 

Cases shall have any effect unless the foregoing requirements are satisfied.

E. The Claims and Noticing Agent shall maintain a master service list (the “Master 

Service List”), which shall include all persons and entities that have filed a Notice of 

Appearance pursuant to Bankruptcy Rules 2002 and 9010(b) and the Case 

Management Procedures (the “Rule 2002 Parties”) and the Standard Parties. The 

Master Service List shall contain addresses, facsimile numbers, and email addresses. 

The Claims and Noticing Agent shall use reasonable efforts to update and post on its 

website the Master Service List as often as practicable, but in no event less frequently 

than every fifteen (15) days. The Master Service List and any updates thereto shall be 

filed electronically on the website of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the 

District of Puerto Rico, www.prb.uscourts.gov, and on the Case Website commencing 

as of the date that is no later than ten (10) days from the date hereof.

F. All Documents must be served, in the manner described herein, on the Master Service 

List and on any person or entity with a particularized interest in the subject matter of 

a certain Document (each, an “Affected Party”). Subject to Paragraph II.H, 

Documents filed in adversary proceedings are not required to be served on the Master 

Service List.

G. The proceedings with respect to which notice is limited to the Master Service List 

shall include all matters covered by Bankruptcy Rule 2002, with the express 

exception of the following: (a) notice of (i) the time fixed for filing proofs of claim 

pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 3003(c) and (ii) the time fixed for filing objections to, 

and the hearings to consider, approval of a disclosure statement and plan; and 

(b) notice and transmittal of ballots for accepting or rejecting a plan, which notices 

shall be given in accordance with Bankruptcy Rule 2002 and other applicable 

Bankruptcy Rules, unless otherwise ordered by the Court or otherwise prescribed by 

the Bankruptcy Code.

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H. Pleadings related to a compromise or settlement must be served on the Master Service 

List and any Affected Parties, but need not be served on all creditors.

I. Parties shall serve the Court and the U.S. Trustee by U.S. mail, overnight delivery, or

hand delivery. Parties may serve the Standard Parties and the Affected Parties, with 

the exception of the Court and the U.S. Trustee, via the CM/ECF system described in 

Section II.D, and no further notice shall be required on such Standard Parties and 

Affected Parties unless the Bankruptcy Rules, the Local District Court Rules, or 

Local Bankruptcy Rules require otherwise or the Court orders otherwise.

J. [RESERVED]

K. Parties shall be authorized to rely to the maximum extent possible on CM/ECF notice 

for all Documents on the Rule 2002 Parties. To the extent it is known that one or 

more Affected Party will not receive CM/ECF notice, there shall be an obligation on 

the moving party to ensure service by the most efficient and timely manner possible 

on such Affected Parties (including service by e-mail unless the Affected Party has 

included a certification on its Notice of Appearance that it does not maintain an email address).

L. All Documents served by email shall include access to an attached file containing the 

entire Document, including the proposed form(s) of order and any exhibits, 

attachments and other relevant materials in PDF format, readable by Adobe Acrobat 

or an equivalent program. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Document cannot be 

annexed to an email (because of its size, technical difficulties or otherwise), the party 

serving the Document may, in its sole discretion: (i) serve the entire Document by 

U.S. mail or overnight delivery, including the proposed form(s) of order and any 

exhibits, attachments and other relevant materials or (ii) email the parties being 

served and include a notation that the Document cannot be annexed and will be 

(a) mailed if requested or (b) posted on the Case Website.

M. Service by email shall be effective as of the date the Document is sent to the email 

address provided by the party. If service is made by email, the Debtors shall not be 

required to serve a paper copy of the Document on interested parties and email 

service shall satisfy the Court’s rules for service.

N. If a party entitled to notice of a Document does not have an email address or an email 

address is not available in the Master Service List, the party shall be served by U.S. 

mail, overnight delivery, facsimile, or hand delivery, the choice of the foregoing 

being in the sole discretion of the party who is required to serve.

O. Upon the completion of noticing any particular matter, the party seeking relief shall 

file with the Court within three (3) business days either an affidavit of service or a 

certification of service attaching the list of parties that received 

notice; provided, however, that parties shall not be required to serve the affidavits of 

service on such recipients.

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P. Upon the request of a non-Debtor Movant for the Claims and Noticing Agent to serve 

Pleadings, and provided the Oversight Board as the instructing entity permits the 

Claims and Noticing Agent to serve such Pleadings, the Claims and Noticing Agent 

shall serve such Pleadings and bill the related service expense directly to the 

applicable non-Debtor movant.

III. Scheduling

A. The Debtors shall be authorized to schedule, in cooperation with the Court, periodic 

omnibus hearings (the “Omnibus Hearings”) at which Pleadings shall be heard. Upon 

scheduling, the Claims and Noticing Agent shall post the date of the Omnibus 

Hearings on the Case Website. The first five Omnibus Hearings shall be scheduled 

for the following dates and times:

• 9:30 a.m. on the 28th day of June, 2017;

• 9:30 a.m. on the 9th day of August, 2017;

• 9:30 a.m. on the 27th day of September, 2017;

• 9:30 a.m. on the 15th day of November, 2017; and

• 9:30 a.m. on the 20th day of December, 2017.

B. All Omnibus Hearings may be scheduled for two consecutive days, if needed.

C. Those in attendance at any hearing shall refrain from wearing cologne or perfume.

D. Subject to consultation with Chambers, hearings in connection with individual and 

omnibus claim objections, applications for professional compensation and 

reimbursement, pre-trial conferences, asset sales and trials related to adversary 

proceedings, approval of a disclosure statement, confirmation of a plan, and any other 

Pleading filed by the Debtors may be scheduled for dates other than the Omnibus 

Hearing dates; provided, however, that hearings in connection therewith may be 

scheduled on a non-Omnibus Hearing date only after consultation with counsel to the 

Oversight Board and counsel to the Debtors (which consultation shall occur as soon 

as practicable); provided, further, that initial pre-trial conferences scheduled in 

connection with adversary proceedings involving the Debtors shall be set on the next 

available Omnibus Hearing date that is at least 45 days after the filing of the 

complaint; unless the Court expedites the pre-trial conference; provided, further, that 

hearings on all other Pleadings, except for those Pleadings specifically referenced in 

this Paragraph III.D, filed by any party must be scheduled for an Omnibus Hearing 

except for a Pleading requiring emergency or expedited relief in accordance with 

these Case Management Procedures.

E. Except for filings that have previously been authorized by the Court in response to an 

Urgent Motion establishing such scheduling, if a Document is filed by a party other 

than the Debtors and purports to set a hearing date inconsistent with the Case 

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Management Procedures (an “Inconsistent Filing”), the hearing shall be scheduled 

without the necessity of Court order for the first Omnibus Hearing date after the 

applicable notice period has expired and all applicable deadlines shall be accordingly 

extended, and the Debtors shall provide such party with notice of the Case 

Management Procedures within three (3) business days of receipt of the Inconsistent 

Filing.

F. If a movant, applicant, or other party determines that a motion, application, or pretrial conference requires emergency or expedited relief, the movant, applicant, or 

other party may, for good cause shown, seek an expedited hearing or pre-trial 

conference pursuant to Urgent Motion, and the Debtors and other parties in interest, 

as applicable, shall have the right to contest such request for expedition. All requests 

for emergency or expedited relief shall comply with the applicable Local Bankruptcy 

Rule.

G. If a Pleading seeks relief pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 2002(a) or Bankruptcy Rule 

2002(b), the hearing to consider such Pleading shall be set in accordance with the 

time period set forth in Bankruptcy Rules 2002(a) and (b) and 9006. For all other 

Pleadings, with the exception of Pleadings filed pursuant to the Presentment

Procedures (as described below), Pleadings shall not be considered unless filed and 

served in accordance with the Case Management Procedures at least seventeen (17) 

calendar days before the next applicable hearing date (if such seventeenth (17th) day

is a date other than a business day, such Pleading must be filed and served by the first 

business day preceding such date); provided, however, that nothing in the Case 

Management Procedures shall prejudice the right of any party to move the Court to 

request an enlargement or reduction of any time period under Bankruptcy Rules 

9006(b) and (c).

H. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, a party may present a 

proposed order addressing administrative matters for approval by the 

Court; provided, however, that the presentment of a proposed order for administrative 

relief must be filed and served at least seven (7) calendar days before the presentment 

date, and Objections thereto must be filed and served at least one (1) calendar day 

before presentment date (the “Presentment Procedures”).

I. The deadline to file an Objection (the “Objection Deadline”) to any Pleading shall be 

(i) 4:00 p.m. (Prevailing Eastern Time) on the date that is ten (10) calendar days 

before the applicable hearing date or (ii) any date otherwise ordered by the Court. 

The Objection Deadline may be extended with the consent of the movant or applicant. 

If such an extension has been agreed upon, the parties need not file a stipulation or 

other pleading with the Court reflecting the extension; provided, however, that 

movant shall provide notice of the extension to Chambers. The Objection shall not be 

considered timely unless filed with the Court and received by the movant and the

Standard Parties on or before the applicable Objection Deadline. All parties filing an 

Objection shall include their telephone number, facsimile number, and email in the 

signature block on the last page of the Objection.

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J. If any Pleading, including a Stay Relief Motion (as defined below), is adjourned, the 

Objection Deadline with respect thereto shall be extended to 4:00 p.m. (Prevailing 

Eastern Time) on the date that is ten (10) calendar days prior to the applicable hearing 

and all other applicable deadlines shall be likewise extended.

K. The deadline to file Replies, joinders to an Objection, or any Statement shall be (i) for 

all parties other than the Debtors and any statutory committee, 4:00 p.m. (Prevailing 

Eastern Time) on the date that is five (5) calendar days before the applicable hearing 

date, (ii) for the Debtors and any statutory committee, 4:00 p.m. (Prevailing Eastern 

Time) on the date that is four (4) calendar days before the applicable hearing date, or 

(iii) any date and time otherwise ordered by the Court.

L. Sur-replies shall not be permitted or considered unless authorized by the Court.

M. Two (2) business days before a scheduled hearing, the Debtors shall file with the 

Court an agenda (the “Agenda”) setting forth each matter to be heard at the hearing 

(updated after the initial submission, if necessary) and shall serve the Agenda by 

email or facsimile on (i) the Standard Parties, (ii) the Rule 2002 Parties, and (iii) any 

party that filed Documents referenced in the Agenda; provided, however, that where 

the Debtors have less than 48 hours’ notice of a hearing, the Debtors shall file an 

agenda only to the extent feasible.

N. The Agenda shall include, to the extent known by the Debtors: (i) the docket number 

and title of each matter scheduled to be heard at the hearing, including the initial 

filing and any Objections, Statements, Replies, or Documents related thereto; 

(ii) whether the matter is contested or uncontested; (iii) whether the matter has been 

settled or is proposed to be continued; (iv) the identification number of any proof(s) 

of claim(s) implicated in the Document; and (v) other comments that will assist the 

Court; provided, however, that the matters listed on the Agenda shall be limited to 

matters of substance and shall not include administrative filings such as notices of 

appearance and affidavits of service.

O. The Agenda may include notice of matters that have been consensually adjourned to a 

later hearing date in lieu of parties filing a separate notice of such adjournment.

P. In the event a matter is properly noticed for hearing and the parties reach an 

agreement to settle the dispute prior to the hearing, the parties may announce the 

settlement at the scheduled hearing; provided, however, that the parties notify counsel 

for the Oversight Board, as representative of the Debtors, and the Creditors’ 

Committee of such agreement as soon as practicable prior to the hearing. In the event 

the Court determines that notice of the dispute and the hearing is adequate notice of 

the effects of the settlement (i.e., that the terms of the settlement are not materially 

different from what parties in interest could have expected if the dispute were fully 

litigated), the Court may approve the settlement at the hearing without further notice 

of the terms of the settlement. In the event the Court determines that additional or 

supplemental notice is required, the Debtors shall serve such notice in accordance 

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with the Case Management Procedures and a hearing to consider such settlement shall 

be on the next hearing day deemed appropriate by the Court.

Q. Subject to Paragraphs III.F, III.R, and III.S, a motion for relief from the automatic 

stay (a “Stay Relief Motion”) in accordance with Bankruptcy Code section 362 shall 

be noticed for consideration on the Omnibus Hearing Date that is at least 21 days 

after the Stay Relief Motion is filed and notice thereof is served upon counsel for the 

Oversight Board, as representative of the Debtors. Unless otherwise ordered by the 

Court, the Objection Deadline with respect thereto shall be the later to occur of 

(i) fourteen (14) calendar days after the date of filing and service of the Stay Relief 

Motion and (ii) seven (7) calendar days prior to the hearing scheduled with respect 

thereto; effectively, this means that the Objection Deadline will be seven (7) calendar 

days prior to the hearing scheduled with respect to the Stay Relief Motion, except in 

certain situations where an expedited hearing is scheduled with respect to the Stay 

Relief Motion. 

R. If a moving party notices a Stay Relief Motion for an Omnibus Hearing Date that 

falls on or after the thirtieth (30th) day after the filing of the Stay Relief Motion, or 

consents to the adjournment of an Omnibus Hearing to a date that falls on or after the 

thirtieth (30th) day after the filing of the Stay Relief Motion, the moving party shall be 

deemed to have consented to the continuation of the automatic stay in effect pending 

the conclusion of, or as a result of, a final hearing and determination under 

Bankruptcy Code section 362(d), and shall be deemed to have waived its right to 

assert the termination of the automatic stay under Bankruptcy Code section 362(e)

with respect to that Stay Relief Motion. Any moving party shall be permitted to 

request an expedited hearing on its Stay Relief Motion, as provided in Paragraph

III.F, and in that case, the moving party shall not be deemed to have waived its right 

to assert the termination of the automatic stay under Bankruptcy Code section 

362(e); provided, however, that any expedited hearing granted in accordance with this 

paragraph shall be without prejudice to the right of the parties to request, and/or the 

Court to otherwise treat, such expedited hearing as a preliminary hearing in 

accordance with Bankruptcy Code section 362(e). For the avoidance of doubt, any 

hearing on a Stay Relief Motion shall be scheduled as a final hearing (which the 

Court may later treat as a preliminary hearing in the Court’s discretion) unless the 

Affected Parties agree otherwise or the Court orders otherwise. A hearing on a Stay 

Relief Motion will take place only if an Objection is timely filed; if no Objection is 

timely filed, an order may be entered granting the relief requested.

S. Notwithstanding Paragraphs III.Q and III.R, nothing in the foregoing paragraphs 

prejudices the rights of a party to request the expedited consideration of any motion 

seeking relief from stay, or the rights of the Debtors or any other party in interest to 

contest such request for expedited consideration.

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IV. Other Case Management Procedures

A. Nothing in the Procedures Order shall prejudice the rights of any party in interest to 

seek an amendment or waiver of the provisions of the Case Management Procedures 

upon a showing of good cause.

B. The Debtors may seek to amend the Case Management Procedures from time to time 

throughout these Title III Cases, and shall present such amendments to the Court by 

notice of presentment in accordance with the Case Management Procedures.

C. Within three (3) business days of entry of the Procedures Order, the Claims and 

Noticing Agent shall serve a printed copy of the Procedures Order upon all parties on 

the Master Service List and post a copy of the Procedures Order on the Case Website.

D. The Court retains jurisdiction to hear and determine all matters arising from or 

relating to the implementation of the Procedures Order.

E. The Court retains power to provide notice of sua sponte amendments to the Case 

Management Procedures and/or Procedures Order.

Dated: _____________, 2017

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Exhibit B

Redline of Second Amended Proposed Order

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

-------------------------------------------------------------x

In re:

THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND

MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO,

 as representative of

THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, et al.

 Debtors.1

-------------------------------------------------------------x

PROMESA

Title III

No. 17 BK 3283-LTS

(Jointly Administered)

ORDER (A) IMPOSING AND RENDERING APPLICABLE LOCAL

BANKRUPTCY RULES TO THESE TITLE III CASES, (B) AUTHORIZING

ESTABLISHMENT OF CERTAIN NOTICE, CASE MANAGEMENT,

AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES, AND (C) GRANTING RELATED RELIEF

Upon the Motion of Debtors for Order (A) Imposing and Rendering Applicable Local

Bankruptcy Rules to These Title III Cases, (B) Authorizing Establishment of Certain Notice,

Case Management, and Administrative Procedures, and (C) Granting Related Relief (the

“Motion”);2 and the Court having found it has subject matter jurisdiction over this matter

pursuant to section 306(a) of PROMESA; and it appearing that venue in this district is proper

pursuant to section 307(a) of PROMESA; and the Court having found that the relief requested in

the Motion is in the best interests of the Debtors, their creditors, and other parties in interest; and

the Court having found that the Debtors provided adequate and appropriate notice of the Motion

under the circumstances and that no other or further notice is required; and the Court having

1 The Debtors in these Title III Cases, along with each Debtor’s respective Title III case 

number listed as a bankruptcy case number due to software limitations and the last four (4) 

digits of each Debtor’s federal tax identification number, as applicable, are the (i) 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Bankruptcy Case No. 17 BK 3283-LTS) (Last Four Digits of 

Federal Tax ID: 3481); and (ii) Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation (“COFINA”)

(Bankruptcy Case No. 17 BK 3284) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 8474). 2

 Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the 

Motion.

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reviewed the Motion and having heard the statements of counsel in support of the Motion at a

hearing held before the Court (the “Hearing”); and the Court having determined that the legal

and factual bases set forth in the Motion and at the Hearing establish just cause for the relief

granted herein; and any objections to the relief requested herein having been withdrawn or

overruled on the merits; and upon the record herein, after due deliberation thereon, the Court

having found that good and sufficient cause exists for the granting of the relief as set forth

herein,

THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

1. The Motion is granted as set forth herein.

2. The Local Bankruptcy Rules are imposed for and made applicable to these Title

III Cases (and all other title III cases filed by affiliates of the Debtors that are jointly

administered with these Title III Cases, if any).

3. The Case Management Procedures, as amended and set forth on Exhibit 1 hereto,

are approved and shall govern all applicable aspects of these Title III Cases (and all other title III

cases filed by affiliates of the Debtors jointly administered with these Title III Cases, if any,

upon providing parties in interest in such other Title III Cases with notice and an opportunity to

object according to the Presentment Procedures (as defined in the Case Management

Procedures)), except as otherwise ordered by the Court.

4. To the extent the Case Management Procedures conflict with the Bankruptcy

Rules, the Local District Court Rules, or the Local Bankruptcy Rules, the Case Management

Procedures shall govern and supersede such rules to the extent that such variance is permitted by

the relevant rules.

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5. The first fourfive omnibus hearings in these Title III Cases (and all other title III

cases filed by affiliates of the Debtors that the Court may order to be jointly administered with

these Title III Cases, if any) are scheduled as follows:

9:30 a.m. on the 28th  day of June, 2017;

__9:___30 a.m. on the ____9th  day of _______________August, 2017;

__9:___30 a.m. on the ____27th  day of _______________September,

2017;

__9:___30 a.m. on the ____15th  day of _______________November,

2017; and

__9:___30 a.m. on the ____20th  day of _______________December,

2017.

6. Those in attendance at any hearing shall refrain from wearing cologne or perfume.

7. 6. The Debtors’ claims and noticing agent is authorized and directed to establish a

case website, where, among other things, the Case Management Procedures, and also all

pleadings, key dates, and information about these Title III Cases will be posted.

8. 7. Notwithstanding the applicability of any Bankruptcy Rule, the terms and

conditions of this order shall be immediately effective and enforceable upon its entry.

9. 8. The Debtors and the Oversight Board, as the Debtors’ representative, are

authorized to take all actions, and to execute all documents, necessary or appropriate, to

effectuate the relief granted in this order in accordance with the Motion, consistent with the Case

Management Procedures set forth in Exhibit 1.

10. 9. The Court shall retain exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine any and all

matters arising from or related to the implementation, interpretation, and enforcement of this

order.

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Dated: May , 2017

San Juan, Puerto Rico Honorable Laura T.Taylor Swain

United States District Judge

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Exhibit 1

Case Management Procedures

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

-------------------------------------------------------------x

In re:

THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND

MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO,

 as representative of

THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, et al.

 Debtors.1

-------------------------------------------------------------x

PROMESA

Title III

No. 17 BK 3283-LTS

(Jointly Administered)

NOTICE, CASE MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

On May 3, 2017, the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico (the

“Oversight Board”), as representative of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (the

“Commonwealth”) pursuant to section 315(b) of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and

Economic Stability Act (“PROMESA”),2 filed a title III case (the “Commonwealth’s Title III

Case”) for the Commonwealth by issuing a restructuring certification pursuant to PROMESA

sections 104(j) and 206 and filing a voluntary petition for relief for the Commonwealth pursuant

to PROMESA section 304(a).

On May 5, 2017, the Oversight Board, as representative of the Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing

Corporation (“COFINA,” and together with the Commonwealth, the “Debtors”) pursuant to

section PROMESA 315(b), filed a title III case (“COFINA’s Title III Case,” and together with

the Commonwealth’s Title III Case, the “Title III Cases”) for COFINA by issuing a restructuring

certification pursuant to PROMESA sections 104(j) and 206 and filing a voluntary petition for

relief for COFINA pursuant to PROMESA section 304(a).

On May 9, 2017, the Debtors filed a motion seeking the joint administration of these Title III

Cases, for procedural purposes only, pursuant to PROMESA section 304(g) and Bankruptcy

Rule 1015, made applicable to these Title III Cases by PROMESA section 310.

On ________, 2017, the Court entered an order (the “Procedures Order”): (a) incorporating the

Local Bankruptcy Rules for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Puerto Rico

1 The Debtors in these Title III Cases, along with each Debtor’s respective bankruptcy case 

number and the last four (4) digits of each Debtor’s federal tax identification number, as 

applicable, are the (i) Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Bankruptcy Case No. 17 BK 3283-LTS) 

(Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3481); and (ii) Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing 

Corporation (“COFINA”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 17 BK 3284) (Last Four Digits of Federal 

Tax ID: 8474). 2

 PROMESA has been codified in 48 U.S.C. §§ 2101-2241.

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(the “Local Bankruptcy Rules”) for these Title III Cases; (b) approving and implementing the

notice, case management, and administrative procedures (collectively, the “Case Management

Procedures”); and (c) granting certain related relief.

Anyone may obtain a copy of the Procedures Order, as well as any document filed with the

Court in these Title III Cases by: (a) accessing the website maintained by Prime Clerk LLC (the

“Claims and Noticing Agent”) at https://cases.primeclerk.com/puertorico (the “Case Website”);

(b) contacting the Claims and Noticing Agent directly at (844)-822-9231 (toll free for U.S. and

Puerto Rico) or (646)-486-7944 (for international callers); or (c) for a nominal fee, accessing the

PACER system onthrough the Court’s website at www.prd.uscourts.gov. Finally, paper copies

of all pleadings filed in these Title III Cases may be available from the Court Clerk pursuant to

the Court’s procedures and miscellaneous fee schedule of the District of Puerto Rico.

Pursuant to the Procedures Order, all notices, motions, applications, briefs, memoranda,

affidavits, declarations, objections, responses, replies, and other documents filed in these Title III

Cases are subject to, and will not be deemed properly served, unless they are served in

accordance with, these Case Management Procedures.

Additionally, while the Bankruptcy Rules and the Local Bankruptcy Rules apply to these Title

III Cases, to the extent there is a conflict between the foregoing and the Case Management

Procedures, the Case Management Procedures govern in all respects to the extent that such

variance is permitted by the relevant rules.

ALL PARTIES IN INTEREST ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO REVIEW THESE

CASE MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES IN THEIR ENTIRETY AND CONSULT THEIR

OWN LEGAL COUNSEL WITH RESPECT TO THE MATTERS DISCUSSED HEREIN

PRIOR TO FILING ANY DOCUMENTS IN THESE TITLE III CASES.

Case Management Procedures

I. General Case Administration and Pleadings

A. The Claims and Noticing Agent is authorized to establish the Case Website available

at https://cases.primeclerk.com/puertorico, where, among other things, all pleadings,

key dates, and information about these Title III Cases will be posted.

B. All documents filed in these Title III Cases, including, but not limited to, all notices,

motions, applications, other requests for relief, all briefs, memoranda, affidavits,

declarations, and other documents filed in support of such papers seeking relief

(collectively, the “Pleadings”), objections or responses to the Pleadings (the

“Objections”), statements related thereto (“Statements”), and replies thereto (the

“Replies” and together with the Pleadings, the Statements, and the Objections, the

“Documents”) shall be filed electronically with the Court on the docket of In re

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Case No. 17-01578 BK 3283-LTS (the “Docket”), by

registered users of the Court’s case filing system in searchable portable document

format (“PDF”).

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C. A hearing notice (“Notice of Hearing”) shall be filed and served concurrently with all

Pleadings and shall include the following: (i) the title of the Pleading; (ii) the parties

upon whom any Objection to the Pleading is required to be served; (iii) the date and

time of the applicable Objection Deadline (as defined below); (iv) the date of the

hearing at which the Pleading shall be considered by the Court; and (v) a statement

that the relief requested may be granted without a hearing if no Objection is timely

filed and served in accordance with the Case Management Procedures.

D. The applicable Objection Deadline and hearing date shall appear on the upper right

corner of the first page of the Notice of Hearing and on the upper right corner of the

first page of each Pleading. The applicable hearing date shall appear on the upper

right corner of the first page of any filed Objection.

E. Unless prior permission has been granted, memoranda of law in support of motions or

Objections are limited to thirty-five (35) pages and memoranda of law in support of

Replies are limited to fifteen (15) pages. All memoranda shall be double-spaced,

12-point font, with 1” margins. Memoranda of ten (10) pages or more shall contain a

table of contents and a table of authorities. The page(s) with the case caption shall

not be counted for purposes of the foregoing page limits.

F. Nothing in the Case Management Procedures shall prejudice the right of any party to

move the Court to request relief under Bankruptcy Code section 107(b) or

Bankruptcy Rule 9018 to protect: (i) any entity with respect to a trade secret or

confidential research, development, or commercial information, or (ii) any person

with respect to a scandalous or defamatory matter, or personally identifiable

information, contained in a Document filed in these Title III Cases.

G. If any Pleading or Objection seeks an evidentiary hearing, the evidentiary hearing

request shall be prominently displayed on the Pleading or Objection. The Court

retains full discretion regarding the scheduling of evidentiary hearings.

H. Scheduling requests (other than from the Debtors) must be brought by urgent motion

(“Urgent Motion”). All Urgent Motions must be preceded by reasonable, good-faith

communications in an effort to resolve or narrow the issues that are being brought to

the Court in such Urgent Motion request. All Urgent Motions shall have a

certification that the reasonable, good-faith communications took place, and if there

is knowledge that there will be an objection to the Urgent Motion, the anticipation of

an objection shall be prominently disclosed in the Urgent Motion. Courtesy copies of

all Urgent Motions shall be e-mailed to the Court at

swaindprcorresp@nysd.uscourts.gov.

I. All Pleadings, whether Urgent Motions or not, that are requesting relief, shall be

accompanied by a proposed order.

J. All communications filed in these Title III Cases that are informative and do not

request any relief shall be labeled as an informative motion.

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II. Service

A. All Documents shall be served, in the manner descried herein, on the following

parties (collectively, the “Standard Parties”):

(i) Chambers of the Honorable Laura T.Taylor Swain; 

:

United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

150 Carlos Chardón Street,

Federal Building, Office 150,

San Juan, P.R. 00918-1767

-andUnited States District Court for the Southern District of New York

Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse

500 Pearl St., Suite No. 3212

New York, New York 10007-1312

(ii) Office of the United States Trustee for Region 21

Edificio Ochoa, 500 Tanca Street, Suite 301

San Juan, PR 00901-1922

(iii) Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority (AAFAF) :

Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority

Roberto Sánchez Vilella (Minillas) Government Center

De Diego Ave. Stop 22

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00907

Attn: Gerardo J. Portela Franco

 Mohammad Yassin, Esq.

E-Mail: Gerardo.Portela@aafaf.pr.gov

 Mohammad.Yassin@aafaf.pr.gov

(iv) Counsel for AAFAF :

O’Melveny & Myers LLP

7 Times Square

New York, New York 10036

Attn: John J. Rapisardi, Esq.

Suzzanne Uhland, Esq.

Peter Friedman, Esq.

Diana M. Perez, Esq.

E-Mail: jrapisardi@omm.com

suhland@omm.com

pfriedman@omm.com

Law Offices of Andrés W. López, Esq.

902 Fernández Juncos Ave.

San Juan, PR 00907

Attn: Andrés W. López, Esq.

E-Mail: andres@awllaw.com

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dperez@omm.com

(v) Counsel for the Oversight Board:

Proskauer Rose LLP

Eleven Times Square

New York, New York 10036-8299

Attn: Martin J. Bienenstock

Paul V. Possinger

 Ehud Barak

 Maja Zerjal

 Chris Theodoridis

E-Mail: mbienenstock@proskauer.com

ppossinger@proskauer.com

 ebarak@proskauer.com

 mzerjal@proskauer.com

 ctheodoridis@proskauer.com

O’Neill & Borges LLC

250 Muñoz Rivera Ave., Suite 800

San Juan, PR 00918-1813

Attn: Hermann D. Bauer, Esq.

E-Mail: herman.bauer@oneillborges.com

(vi) attorneys for any statutory committee of unsecured claimholders appointed in these

Title III Cases (the “Creditors’ Committee”), or until such time as any committee is

appointed, the entities listed on the List of Creditors Holding the 20 Largest Unsecured

Claims.

(vii) counsel to any other statutory committee appointed in these Title III Cases.

B. [RESERVED]All paper and e-mail courtesy copies served on the Court shall include

the applicable Case Management/Electronic Case Files (“CM/ECF”) header

information.

C. For purposes of service pursuant to Bankruptcy Rules 7004(b)(6), 7004(b)(9), and

7004(g), all service to the Debtors shall be made both to counsel to the Oversight

Board and counsel to AAFAF, as listed above.

D. Any creditor or party- in- interest that wishes to receive notice in these Title III Cases

and is not otherwise entitled to notice pursuant to the Case Management Procedures

shall file a notice of appearance (a “Notice of Appearance”) and request for service of

papers in accordance with Bankruptcy Rules 2002 and 9010(b) and the Case

Management Procedures. Any party that has previous filed a pro hac vice motion but

not a Notice of Appearance should file a Notice of Appearance to ensure that such

party receives notice of Documents filed in these Title III Cases. For purposes of

these Title III Cases, creditors or parties in interest filing such Notices of Appearance

shall be included in the CM/ECF system for noticing purposes and will be considered

to have accepted, upon filing of such Notice of Appearance, to receive documents and

notices through the CM/ECF system. Alternatively, if direct inclusion in the

CM/ECF system is not possible, the filer of a Notice of Appearance shall be

considered to have consented to receive electronic notices pursuant to Local

Bankruptcy Rule 5005-4(g), unless the filing party complies with the certificate

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requirement set forth in the second paragraph of this Section II.D and the Court

approves such certification.

The Notice of Appearance shall include the following: (i) the requesting party’s

name, address, and telephone number; (ii) the name and address of the requesting

partparty’s counsel, if any; (iii) the requesting party’s email address for service by

electronic transmission; (iv) the requesting party’s address for service by U.S. mail,

hand delivery, and/or overnight delivery; and (v) the requesting party’s facsimile

number for service by facsimile. Notwithstanding Bankruptcy Rules 2002 and

9010(b), no request for service filed in these Title III Cases shall have any effect

unless the foregoing requirements are satisfied. Any creditor or party-in-interest that

files a Notice of Appearance and request for service of papers in accordance with the

Case Management Procedures shall receive notice via electronic transmission. Any

individual or entity that does not maintain and cannot practicably obtain an email

address must include in its Notice of Appearance a certification stating the same and

state the reasons why obtaining such email address is not feasible or unduly

burdensome. Notice will be provided to these individuals or entities by U.S. mail,

overnight delivery, or facsimile at the Debtors’ discretion.filing party’s discretion.

Notwithstanding Bankruptcy Rules 2002 and 9010(b), no request for service filed in

these Title III Cases shall have any effect unless the foregoing requirements are

satisfied.

E. The Claims and Noticing Agent shall maintain a master service list (the “Master

Service List”), which shall include all persons and entities that have filed a Notice of

Appearance pursuant to Bankruptcy Rules 2002 and 9010(b) and the Case

Management Procedures (the “Rule 2002 Parties”) and the Standard Parties. The

Master Service List shall contain addresses, facsimile numbers, and email addresses.

The Claims and Noticing Agent shall use reasonable efforts to update and post on its

website the Master Service List as often as practicable, but in no event less frequently

than every fifteen (15) days. The Master Service List and any updates thereto shall

be filed electronically on the Court’s website, ecf.prd website of the United States

Bankruptcy Court for the District of Puerto Rico, www.prb.uscourts.gov, and on the

Case Website commencing as of the date that is no later than ten (10) days from the

date hereof.

F. All Documents must be served, in the manner described herein, on the Master Service

List and on any person or entity with a particularized interest in the subject matter of

a certain Document (each, an “Affected Party”). Subject to Paragraph II.H,

Documents filed in adversary proceedings are not required to be served on the Master

Service List.

G. The proceedings with respect to which notice is limited to the Master Service List

shall include all matters covered by Bankruptcy Rule 2002, with the express

exception of the following: (a) notice of (i) the time fixed for filing proofs of claim

pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 3003(c) and (ii) the time fixed for filing objections to,

and the hearings to consider, approval of a disclosure statement and plan; and (b)

notice and transmittal of ballots for accepting or rejecting a plan, which notices shall

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be given in accordance with Bankruptcy Rule 2002 and other applicable Bankruptcy

Rules, unless otherwise ordered by the Court or otherwise prescribed by the

Bankruptcy Code.

H. Pleadings related to a compromise or settlement must be served on the Master Service

List and any Affected Parties, but need not be served on all creditors.

I. Parties shall serve the Standard PartiesCourt and the Affected PartiesU.S. Trustee by

U.S. mail, overnight delivery, or hand delivery or. Parties may serve the Standard

Parties and the Affected Parties, with the exception of the Court and the U.S. Trustee,

facsimile. J. Notwithstanding Paragraph II.I, any of thevia the CM/ECF system

described in Section II.D, and no further notice shall be required on such Standard

Parties and the Affected Parties may request service by email, and if such request is

made, such parties may be served by email in accordance with the Case Management

Procedures.Affected Parties unless the Bankruptcy Rules, the Local District Court

Rules, or Local Bankruptcy Rules require otherwise or the Court orders otherwise. 

J. [RESERVED]

K. Parties shall be authorized to serverely to the maximum extent possible on CM/ECF

notice for all Documents on the Rule 2002 Parties by email, with the exception of the

U.S. Trustee. To the extent it is known that one or more Affected Party will not

receive CM/ECF notice, there shall be an obligation on the moving party to ensure

service by the most efficient and timely manner possible on such Affected Parties

(including service by e-mail unless the Affected Party has included a certification on

its Notice of Appearance that it does not maintain an e-mail address).

L. All Documents served by email shall include access to an attached file containing the

entire Document, including the proposed form(s) of order and any exhibits,

attachments and other relevant materials in PDF format, readable by Adobe Acrobat

or an equivalent program. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Document cannot be

annexed to an email (because of its size, technical difficulties or otherwise), the party

serving the Document may, in its sole discretion: (i) serve the entire Document by

U.S. mail or overnight delivery, including the proposed form(s) of order and any

exhibits, attachments and other relevant materials or (ii) email the parties being

served and include a notation that the Document cannot be annexed and will be (a)

mailed if requested or (b) posted on the Case Website.

M. Service by email shall be effective as of the date the Document is sent to the email

address provided by the party. If service is made by email, the Debtors shall not be

required to serve a paper copy of the Document on interested parties and email

service shall satisfy the Court’s rules for service.

N. If a party entitled to notice of a Document does not have an email address or an email

address is not available in the Master Service List, the party shall be served by U.S.

mail, overnight delivery, facsimile, or hand delivery, the choice of the foregoing

being in the sole discretion of the party who is required to serve.

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O. Upon the completion of noticing any particular matter, the party seeking relief shall

file with the Court within three (3) business days either an affidavit of service or a

certification of service attaching the list of parties that received notice; provided,

however, that parties shall not be required to serve the affidavits of service on such

recipients.

P. Upon the request of a non-Debtor Movant for the Claims and Noticing Agent to serve

Pleadings, and provided the Oversight Board as the instructing entity permits the

Claims and Noticing Agent to serve such Pleadings, the Claims and Noticing Agent

shall serve such Pleadings and bill the related service expense directly to the

applicable non-Debtor movant.

III. Scheduling

A. The Debtors shall be authorized to schedule, in cooperation with the Court, periodic

omnibus hearings (the “Omnibus Hearings”) at which Pleadings shall be heard. Upon

scheduling, the Claims and Noticing Agent shall post the date of the Omnibus

Hearings on the Case Website. The first fourfive Omnibus Hearings shall be

scheduled for the following dates and times:

9:30 a.m. on the 28th  day of June, 2017;

__9:____30 a.m. on the ____9th  day of ________________August, 2017;

__9:____30 a.m. on the ____27th  day of ________________September,

2017;

__9:____30 a.m. on the ____15th  day of ________________November,

2017; and

__9:____30 a.m. on the ____20th  day of ________________December,

2017.

B. All Omnibus Hearings may be scheduled for two consecutive days, if needed.

C. Those in attendance at any hearing shall refrain from wearing cologne or perfume.

D. B. Subject to consultation with Chambers, hearings in connection with individual and

omnibus claim objections, applications for professional compensation and

reimbursement, pre-trial conferences, asset sales and trials related to adversary

proceedings, approval of a disclosure statement, confirmation of a plan, and any other

Pleading filed by the Debtors may be scheduled for dates other than the Omnibus

Hearing dates; provided, however, that hearings in connection therewith may be

scheduled on a non-Omnibus Hearing date only after consultation with counsel to the

Oversight Board and counsel to the Debtors (which consultation shall occur as soon

as practicable); provided, further, that initial pre-trial conferences scheduled in

connection with adversary proceedings involving the Debtors shall be set on the next

available Omnibus Hearing date that is at least 45 days after the filing of the

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complaint; unless the Court expedites the pre-trial conference; provided, further, that

hearings on all other Pleadings, except for those Pleadings specifically referenced in

this Paragraph BIII.D, filed by any party must be scheduled for an Omnibus Hearing

except for a Pleading requiring emergency or expedited relief in accordance with

these Case Management Procedures.

E. C. IfExcept for filings that have previously been authorized by the Court in response

to an Urgent Motion establishing such scheduling, if a Document is filed by a party

other than the Debtors and purports to set a hearing date inconsistent with the Case

Management Procedures (an “Inconsistent Filing”), the hearing shall be scheduled

without the necessity of Court order for the first Omnibus Hearing date after the

applicable notice period has expired and all applicable deadlines shall be accordingly

extended, and the Debtors shall provide such party with notice of the Case

Management Procedures within three (3) business days of receipt of the Inconsistent

Filing.

F. D. If a movant or, applicant, or other party determines that a motion or, application,

or pre-trial conference requires emergency or expedited relief, the movant or,

applicant, or other party may, for good cause shown, seek an expedited hearing or

pre-trial conference pursuant to Urgent Motion, and the Debtors and other parties in

interest, as applicable, shall have the right to contest such request for an expedited

hearingexpedition. All requests for emergency or expedited relief shall comply with

the applicable Local Bankruptcy Rule.

G. E. If a Pleading seeks relief pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 2002(a) or Bankruptcy Rule

2002(b), the hearing to consider such Pleading shall be set in accordance with the

time period set forth in Bankruptcy Rules 2002(a) and (b) and 9006. For all other

Pleadings, with the exception of Pleadings filed pursuant to the Presentment

Procedures (as described below), Pleadings shall not be considered unless filed and

served in accordance with the Case Management Procedures at least seventeen (17)

calendar days before the next applicable hearing date (if such seventeenth (17th) day

is a date other than a business day, such Pleading must be filed and served by the first

business day preceding such date); provided, however, that nothing in the Case

Management Procedures shall prejudice the right of any party to move the Court to

request an enlargement or reduction of any time period under Bankruptcy Rules

9006(b) and (c).

H. F. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, a party may present a

proposed order addressing administrative matters for approval by the Court;

provided, however, that the presentment of a proposed order for administrative relief

must be filed and served at least seven (7) calendar days before the presentment date,

and Objections thereto must be filed and served at least one (1) calendar day before

presentment date (the “Presentment Procedures”).

I. G. The deadline to file an Objection (the “Objection Deadline”) to any Pleading shall

be (i) 4:00 p.m. (Prevailing Eastern Time) on the date that is seventen (710) calendar

days before the applicable hearing date or (ii) any date otherwise ordered by the

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Court. The Objection Deadline may be extended with the consent of the movant or

applicant. If such an extension has been agreed upon, the parties need not file a

stipulation or other pleading with the Court reflecting the extension; provided,

however, that movant shall provide notice of the extension to Chambers. The

Objection shall not be considered timely unless filed with the Court and received by

the movant and the Standard Parties on or before the applicable Objection Deadline.

All parties filing an Objection shall include their telephone number, facsimile

number, and email in the signature block on the last page of the Objection.

J. H. If any Pleading, including a Stay Relief Motion (as defined below), is adjourned,

the Objection Deadline with respect thereto shall be extended to 4:00 p.m. (Prevailing

Eastern Time) on the date that is seventen (710) calendar days prior to the applicable

hearing and all other applicable deadlines shall be likewise extended.

K. I. The deadline to file Replies, joinders to an Objection, or any Statement shall be (i)

for all parties other than the Debtors and any statutory committee, 4:00 p.m.

(Prevailing Eastern Time) on the date that is twofive (25) calendar days before the

applicable hearing date or (ii, (ii) for the Debtors and any statutory committee, 4:00

p.m. (Prevailing Eastern Time) on the date that is four (4) calendar days before the

applicable hearing date, or (iii) any date and time otherwise ordered by the Court.

L. J. Sur-replies shall not be permitted or considered unless authorized by the Court.

M. K. Two (2) business days before a scheduled hearing, the Debtors shall file with the

Court an agenda (the “Agenda”) setting forth each matter to be heard at the hearing

(updated after the initial submission, if necessary) and shall serve the Agenda by

email or facsimile on (i) the Standard Parties, (ii) the Rule 2002 Parties, and (iii) any

party that filed Documents referenced in the Agenda; provided, however, that where

the Debtors have less than 48 hours’ notice of a hearing, the Debtors shall file an

agenda only to the extent feasible.

N. L. The Agenda shall include, to the extent known by the Debtors: (i) the docket

number and title of each matter scheduled to be heard at the hearing, including the

initial filing and any Objections, Statements, Replies, or Documents related thereto;

(ii) whether the matter is contested or uncontested; (iii) whether the matter has been

settled or is proposed to be continued; (iv) the identification number of any proof(s)

of claim(s) implicated in the Document; and (v) other comments that will assist the

Court; provided, however, that the matters listed on the Agenda shall be limited to

matters of substance and shall not include administrative filings such as notices of

appearance and affidavits of service.

O. M. The Agenda may include notice of matters that have been consensually adjourned

to a later hearing date in lieu of parties filing a separate notice of such adjournment.

P. N. In the event a matter is properly noticed for hearing and the parties reach an

agreement to settle the dispute prior to the hearing, the parties may announce the

settlement at the scheduled hearing; provided, however, that the parties notify counsel

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for the Oversight Board, as representative of the Debtors, and the Creditors’

Committee of such agreement as soon as practicable prior to the hearing. In the event

the Court determines that notice of the dispute and the hearing is adequate notice of

the effects of the settlement (i.e., that the terms of the settlement are not materially

different from what parties in interest could have expected if the dispute were fully

litigated), the Court may approve the settlement at the hearing without further notice

of the terms of the settlement. In the event the Court determines that additional or

supplemental notice is required, the Debtors shall serve such notice in accordance

with the Case Management Procedures and a hearing to consider such settlement

shall be on the next hearing day deemed appropriate by the Court.

Q. O. Notwithstanding anything contained hereinSubject to Paragraphs III.F, III.R, and

III.S, a motion for relief from the automatic stay (a “Stay Relief Motion”) in

accordance with Bankruptcy Code section 362 shall be noticed for consideration on

the Omnibus Hearing Date that is at least 21 days after the Stay Relief Motion is filed

and notice thereof is served upon counsel for the Oversight Board, as representative

of the Debtors. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, the Objection Deadline with

respect thereto shall be the later to occur of (i) fourteen (14) calendar days after the

date of filing and service of the Stay Relief Motion and (ii) seven (7) calendar days

prior to the hearing scheduled with respect thereto.P. Notwithstanding Bankruptcy

Code section 362(e), if a; effectively, this means that the Objection Deadline will be

seven (7) calendar days prior to the hearing scheduled with respect to the Stay Relief

Motion, except in certain situations where an expedited hearing is scheduled in

accordance with the Case Management Procedures for, or adjourned to a hearingwith

respect to the Stay Relief Motion. 

R. If a moving party notices a Stay Relief Motion for an Omnibus Hearing Date that

falls on or after the thirtieth (30th) day after the filing of the Stay Relief Motion, or

consents to the adjournment of an Omnibus Hearing to a date that falls on or after, the

thirtieth (30th) day after the filing of the Stay Relief Motion, the moving party shall be

permitted to request an expedited hearing, as provided in Paragraph R, provided,

however, if the Court declines to set an expedited hearing, the moving party shall be

deemed to have consented to the continuation of the automatic stay in effect pending

the conclusion of, or as a result of, a final hearing and determination under

Bankruptcy Code section 362(d) and shall, and shall be deemed to have waived its

right to assert the termination of the automatic stay under Bankruptcy Code section

362(e) with respect to that Stay Relief Motion. Any moving party shall be permitted

to request an expedited hearing on its Stay Relief Motion, as provided in Paragraph

III.F, and in that case, the moving party shall not be deemed to have waived its right

to assert the termination of the automatic stay under Bankruptcy Code section 362(e);

provided, however, that any expedited hearing granted in accordance with this

paragraph shall be without prejudice to the right of the parties to request, and/or the

Court to otherwise treat, such expedited hearing as a preliminary hearing in

accordance with Bankruptcy Code section 362(e). For the avoidance of doubt, any

hearing on a Stay Relief Motion shall be scheduled as a final hearing (which the

Court may later treat as a preliminary hearing in the Court’s discretion) unless the

Affected Parties agree otherwise or the Court orders otherwise. A hearing on a Stay

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Relief Motion will take place only if an Objection is timely filed; if no Objection is

timely filed, an order may be entered granting the relief requested. 

S. Q. Notwithstanding Paragraphs III.PQ and III.OR, nothing in the foregoing

paragraphs prejudices the rights of a party to request the expedited consideration of

any motion seeking relief from stay, or the rights of the Debtors or any other party in

interest to contest such request for expedited consideration.

IV. Other Case Management Procedures

A. Telephonic appearances shall be permitted, and shall be governed by Local Rule

9074-1, or as otherwise ordered by the Court. A party who wishes to participate via a

listen-only telephone line need not request permission from the Court for such

participation, and need only provide advanced notice of such participation as required

by Court Call procedures, or as otherwise provided by the Court.

A. B. Nothing in the Procedures Order shall prejudice the rights of any party in interest

to seek an amendment or waiver of the provisions of the Case Management

Procedures upon a showing of good cause.

B. C. The Debtors may seek to amend the Case Management Procedures from time to

time throughout these Title III Cases, and shall present such amendments to the Court

by notice of presentment in accordance with the Case Management Procedures.

C. D. Within three (3) business days of entry of the Procedures Order, the Claims and

Noticing Agent shall serve a printed copy of the Procedures Order upon all parties on

the Master Service List and post a copy of the Procedures Order on the Case Website.

D. E. The Court shall retainretains jurisdiction to hear and determine all matters arising

from or relating to the implementation of the Procedures Order.

E. The Court retains power to provide notice of sua sponte amendments to the Case

Management Procedures and/or Procedures Order.

Dated: _____________, 2017

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