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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

In re:

THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND 

MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO,

as representative of

THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO et 

al.,

Debtors.1

PROMESA

Title III

No. 17 BK 3283-LTS

(Jointly Administered)

ORDER CONCERNING UNRESOLVED RESPONSES 

TO CERTAIN OMNIBUS OBJECTIONS TO CLAIMS

The Court has received and reviewed the Three Hundred First Omnibus 

Objection (Non-Substantive) of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Employees Retirement 

System of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Puerto Rico Highways 

and Transportation Authority to Miscellaneous Deficient Claims (Docket Entry No. 16021 in 

Case No. 17-3283), the Three Hundred Seventy-Fourth Omnibus Objection (Substantive) of the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Authority, Puerto Rico 

Highway and Transportation Authority, Employment Retirement System of the Government of 

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and Puerto Rico Public Building Authority to Late-Filed 

Claims (Docket Entry No. 17923 in Case No. 17-3283), the Three Hundred Eighty-First 

Omnibus Objection (Substantive) of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Employees 

Retirement System of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Puerto Rico 

Public Buildings Authority to Employee Claims Asserting Liabilities Owed by Entities That Are 

Not Title III Debtors (Docket Entry No. 17917 in Case No. 17-3283), the Three Hundred EightySecond Omnibus Objection (Substantive) of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the 

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 (“Commonwealth”) (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); and (vi) Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority (“PBA”) (Bankruptcy Case 

No. 19-BK-5523-LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3801) (Title III case 

numbers are listed as Bankruptcy Case numbers due to software limitations).

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Employees Retirement System of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to 

Employee Claims Asserting Liabilities Owed by Entities that Are Not Title III Debtors (Docket 

Entry No. 17920 in Case No. 17-3283), the Three Hundred Eighty-Third Omnibus Objection 

(Substantive) of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to Employee Claims Asserting Liabilities 

Owed by Entities that Are Not Title III Debtors (Docket Entry No. 17922 in Case No. 17-3283), 

the Three Hundred Ninetieth Omnibus Objection (Substantive) of the Commonwealth of Puerto 

Rico to No Liability Claims (Docket Entry No. 17973 in Case No. 17-3283), and the Three 

Hundred Ninety-Seventh Omnibus Objection (Substantive) of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 

Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority, Employees Retirement System of the 

Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority 

to Late-Filed Claims (Docket Entry No. 18961 in Case No. 17-3283) (together, the “Omnibus 

Claim Objections”).

The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico (the “Oversight 

Board”) has filed notices of presentment with respect to the Omnibus Claim Objections, 

requesting that the Court enter orders sustaining each of the Omnibus Claim Objections. 

However, the Court’s review of the docket reveals that there remains at least one pending 

unresolved response to each of the Omnibus Claim Objections (together, the “Unresolved 

Responses”). Each Unresolved Response was filed after the response deadline for the 

corresponding Omnibus Claim Objection.

Accordingly, the Oversight Board is hereby directed to file replies, on or before 

February 2, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. (Atlantic Standard Time), to (i) any Unresolved Response that 

is dated on or before the applicable response deadline and was filed within thirty (30) days of the 

applicable response deadline, and (ii) any Unresolved Response that proffers any reason for 

being filed after the applicable response deadline. The Oversight Board is directed to file a 

certification with respect to each Omnibus Claim Objection that does not have any Unresolved 

Responses that meet the foregoing conditions. The Oversight Board is directed to file 

contemporaneously a certified English translation of any Spanish-language Unresolved Response 

to which it files a reply. 

SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 11, 2023 /s/ Laura Taylor Swain

LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN

United States District Judge

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