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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

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In re: :

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THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND : PROMESA

MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO, : Title III

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as representative of : Case No. 17-BK-3283 (LTS)

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THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO et al., : (Jointly Administered)

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Debtors.1:

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JOINDER OF THE OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF UNSECURED CREDITORS

TO THE RESPONSE OF THE AVOIDANCE ACTIONS TRUSTEE 

TO THE MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION OF THE ERS BENEFICIARIES

The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (the “Committee”)2submits this joinder 

(the “Joinder”) to the Response of the Avoidance Actions Trustee to the Motion For 

Reconsideration [DE 23058] of The ERS Beneficiaries (the “Response”) [D.E. 23165 at 17-bk3283] filed by Drivetrain, LLC (“Trustee”), in its capacity as the trustee of the Commonwealth 

Avoidance Actions Trust (the “Avoidance Actions Trust”).

1 The Debtors in these Title III cases, along with each Debtor’s respective Title III 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); (ii) Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation (“COFINA”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 17-

BK-3284 (LTS)) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 8474); (iii) Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation 

Authority (“HTA”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 17-BK-3567 (LTS)) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3808); 

(iv) Employees Retirement System of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (“ERS”) 

(Bankruptcy Case No. 17-BK-3566 (LTS)) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 9686); (v) Puerto Rico 

Electric Power Authority (“PREPA”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 17-BK-4780 (LTS)) (Last Four Digits of 

Federal Tax ID: 3747) (Title III case numbers are listed as Bankruptcy Case numbers due to software 

limitations); and (vi) Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority (“PBA”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 19-BK-5233-

LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3801) (Title III case numbers are listed as Bankruptcy Case 

numbers due to software limitations). (Title III case numbers are listed as Bankruptcy Case numbers due to 

software limitations).

2 The Committee is the official committee of unsecured creditors for all Title III Debtors, other than PBA 

and COFINA. 

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1. For the reasons set forth in the Response, the Committee respectfully agrees with 

the Trustee that the Motion for Reconsideration Under Bankruptcy Rule 9023 [DE 23058] 

(“Reconsideration Motion”) filed by the Estate of Pedro José Nazario Serrano, the Estate of Juanita 

Sosa Pérez, Joel Rivera Morales, María de Lourdes Gómez Pérez, Héctor Cruz Villanueva, 

Lourdes Rodríguez, and Luis M. Jordán Rivera (collectively, the “ERS Beneficiaries”) should be 

denied. In general terms, the Reconsideration Motion has not articulated a basis under the 

applicable legal standards — including, e.g., Rule 59(e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 

— to justify the Court’s reconsideration of the Memorandum Opinion and Order Granting the 

Motion to Enforce the Plan [DE 22927]. 

WHEREFORE, the Committee respectfully requests the Court take notice of this Joinder 

and grant the relief requested in the Response consistent with this motion. 

Dated: December 28, 2022 By: /s/ John Arrastia

John Arrastia, Esq. (Pro Hac Vice)

Jesus M. Suarez, Esq. (Pro Hac Vice)

Angelo M. Castaldi, Esq. (Pro Hac Vice)

CONTINENTAL PLLC

255 Alhambra Cir, Suite 640, 

Miami, FL 33134

Tel: (305) 677-2707

jarrastia@continentalpllc.com

jsuarez@continentalpllc.com

acastaldi@continentalpllc.com

Counsel to the Committee

/s/ Juan J. Casillas Ayala

Juan J. Casillas Ayala, Esq., (USDC-PR 218312)

Luis F. Llach Zúñiga, Esq. (USDC-PR 223112)

Edna M. Tejeda Oyola, Esq. (USDC-PR 219803)

Juan C. Nieves González, Esq., (USDC-PR 231707

CASILLAS, SANTIAGO & TORRES LLC

El Caribe Office Building 

53 Palmeras Street, Ste. 1601 

San Juan, PR 00901-2419 

Tel.: (787) 523-3434 

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jcasillas@cstlawpr.com 

lllach@cstlawpr.com

etejeda@cstlawpr.com

jnieves@cstlawpr.com

Local Counsel to the Committee

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