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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

Case No. 17 BK 3283-LTS

(Jointly Administered)

ORDER GRANTING IN PART THE URGENT MOTION BY O’NEILL & BORGES LLC SEEKING AN 

EXTENSION OF THE DEADLINE TO RESPOND TO MOTION TO DISQUALIFY THE LAW FIRM O’NEILL &

BORGES, LLC FOR UNRESOLVABLE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST INCURRED IN VIOLATION OF 

THE PUERTO RICO RECOVERY ACCURACY IN DISCLOSURES ACT OF 2021, 48 U.S.C. 2101 ET SEQ.

The Court has received and reviewed the Urgent Motion by O’Neill & Borges 

LLC Seeking an Extension of the Deadline to Respond to Motion to Disqualify the Law Firm 

O’Neill & Borges, LLC for Unresolvable Conflicts of Interest Incurred in Violation of the Puerto 

Rico Recovery Accuracy in Disclosures Act of 2021, 48 U.S.C. 2101 et seq. (Docket Entry No. 

23454 in Case No. 17-3283)2 (the “Extension Motion”), filed by O’Neill & Borges LLC 

(“O&B”).

The Extension Motion represents that R&D Master3 does not consent to the 

proposed extension of the briefing deadlines applicable to the Motion to Disqualify, and R&D 

Master has filed an objection to the Extension Motion. (See Docket Entry No. 23458.) 

Accordingly, the Extension Motion is granted only in part, and the deadline for O&B to file its 

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-BK3283-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).

2 All docket entry references herein are to the docket of Case No. 17-3283. 

3 Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meaning given to them in the 

Extension Motion.

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response to the Motion to Disqualify is hereby extended to 5:00 p.m. (Atlantic Standard Time)

on February 16, 2023. R&D Master must file its reply in support of the Disqualification Motion 

by 5:00 p.m. (Atlantic Standard Time) on February 23, 2023.

This Order resolves Docket Entry No. 23454 in Case No. 17-3283.

SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 2, 2023

 /s/ Laura Taylor Swain 

LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN 

United States District Judge

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