United States Court of Appeals 

For the First Circuit 

No. 22-1150

IN RE: THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO 

RICO, AS REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO; THE 

FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO, AS 

REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE PUERTO RICO SALES TAX FINANCING 

CORPORATION, a/k/a Cofina; THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND MANAGEMENT 

BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO, AS REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE EMPLOYEES 

RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF 

PUERTO RICO; THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR 

PUERTO RICO, AS REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE PUERTO RICO HIGHWAYS AND 

TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY; THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND 

MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO, AS REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE 

PUERTO RICO ELECTRIC POWER AUTHORITY (PREPA); THE FINANCIAL 

OVERSIGHT AND MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO, AS 

REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PUERTO RICO PUBLIC BUILDINGS AUTHORITY,

Debtors,

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JAIME A. DIAZ O'NEILL, 

Claimant - Appellant,

v.

THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO, AS 

REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO; THE FINANCIAL 

OVERSIGHT AND MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO, AS 

REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE PUERTO RICO SALES TAX FINANCING 

CORPORATION, a/k/a Cofina; THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND MANAGEMENT 

BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO, AS REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE EMPLOYEES 

RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF 

PUERTO RICO; THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR 

PUERTO RICO, AS REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE PUERTO RICO HIGHWAYS AND 

TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY; THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND 

MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO, AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PUERTO 

RICO PUBLIC BUILDINGS AUTHORITY,

Debtors - Appellees.

MANDATE

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Entered: November 9, 2022

In accordance with the judgment of May 23, 2022, and pursuant to Federal Rule of 

Appellate Procedure 41(a), this constitutes the formal mandate of this Court. 

By the Court:

Maria R. Hamilton, Clerk

cc: 

Julia D. Alonzo

Ginger D. Anders

Ann M. Ashton

Ehud Barak

Hermann D. Bauer-Alvarez

Martin J. Bienenstock

Katiuska Bolanos-Lugo

Guy Brenner

Ricardo Burgos-Vargas

Wandymar Burgos-Vargas

Raul Castellanos-Malave

Margaret Antinori Dale

William D. Dalsen

Joseph P. Davis III

Luis Francisco Del-Valle-Emmanuelli

Maria Jennifer DiConza

Arturo Diaz-Angueira

Jaime A. Diaz-O'Neill

Adele M. El-Khouri

Chantel L. Febus

Ubaldo M. Fernandez

Ralph C. Ferrara

Michael A. Firestein

Carla Garcia-Benitez

Chad Golder

Michael R. Hackett

Mark David Harris

Stephan E. Hornung

Monsita Lecaroz-Arribas

Jeffrey W. Levitan

Michael Luskin

Rachel G. Miller Ziegler

Gabriel A Miranda-Rivera

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Timothy W. Mungovan

Mariana Muniz-Lara

Susana I. Penagaricano Brown

Kevin J. Perra

Paul V. Possinger

Juan Carlos Ramirez-Ortiz

Sergio A. Ramirez-de-Arellano

Lary Alan Rappaport

Stephen L. Ratner

John E. Roberts

Nelson Robles Diaz

Jennifer L. Roche

Brian S. Rosen

Laura E. Stafford

Donald B. Verrilli Jr.

Steven O. Weise

Maja Zerjal

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