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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.

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PROMESA 

Title III 

No. 17 BK 3283-LTS 

(Jointly Administered)

ORDER CONCERNING LETTER REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

The Court has received and reviewed the letter of José A. Irizarry Quintana and 

Luis A. González Rodriguez (together, the “Movants”), which the Court construes as a request to 

obtain information related to Civ. No. KAC-90-487(905) (Docket Entry No. 24226 in Case 

No. 17-3283) (the “Motion”). Civil number KAC-90-487(905), under the caption Juan Perez 

Colon et al. v. Puerto Rico Department of Transportation & Public Works in the Puerto Rico 

Court of First Instance, appears to be among the cases that are the subject of the Urgent Motion 

Requesting Order for Allowance and Immediate Payment of Administrative Expense (Docket 

Entry No. 18239 in Case No. 17-3283) (the “DTOP Motion”), requesting payment of a claim 

alleging administrative expense priority and filed by attorney Ivonne González Morales—the 

attorney named in the Motion.

On Wednesday, May 18, 2023, upon request of the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency 

and Financial Advisory Authority (“AAFAF”) and with the consent of the movants to the DTOP 

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 (the “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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Motion, the Court granted an extension of the briefing schedule relating to certain portions of the 

DTOP Motion. (Docket Entry No. 24220 in Case No. 17-3283.) Beyond this, the Court cannot 

provide Movants further information with respect to the DTOP Motion or the underlying 

litigation to which it relates. The Court directs attorney Ivonne González Morales to contact 

Movants with respect to their information requests as soon as possible.

This Order resolves Docket Entry No. 24226 in Case No. 17-3283.

SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 19, 2023

 /s/ Laura Taylor Swain

LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN

United States District Judge

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