180413 ORDER DENYING DOMINGUEZ STAY RELIEF VERSION APRIL 13, 2018 1 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO 

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In re: PROMESA 

 Title III 

THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND 

MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO, 

as representative of No. 17 BK 3283-LTS 

THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, (Jointly Administered) 

et al., 

 Debtors.1

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ORDER DENYING URGENT MOTION TO STAY RELIEF (DOCKET ENTRY NO. 2888) 

 On April 10, 2018, Heriberto Nieves Dominguez (the “Movant”) filed an Urgent 

Motion to Stay Relief (the “Motion”). (Docket Entry No. 2888.) Movant, who appears to be 

under the impression that the Commonwealth did not consent to any relief from the automatic 

stay in connection with the pre-motion communications required by the Case Management 

Order, seeks relief from the automatic stay to continue a lawsuit captioned Heriberto Nieves 

Dominguez v. Commonwealth of PR, et al., Case No. 16-2878, (the “Lawsuit”), pending before 

the District Court for the District of Puerto Rico (the “District Court”), that was filed by Movant 

against the Commonwealth, agencies and officials of the Commonwealth. However, on March 

12, 2018, the Commonwealth filed an informative motion in the Lawsuit that included a 

stipulation with Movant, dated as of February 9, 2018, modifying the automatic stay to permit 

the Lawsuit to proceed to entry of judgment only with respect to the reclassification issue. (Case 

No. 16-2878, Docket Entry No. 79.) On April 11, 2018, the District Court issued a text order 

setting a status conference for May 2, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. (Case No. 16-2878, Docket Entry No. 

80.) In light of the filing of the stipulation modifying the automatic stay and the District Court’s 

resumption of proceedings in the Lawsuit, the Motion is denied as moot. 

 

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 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); and (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). (Title III case numbers are listed 

as Bankruptcy Case numbers due to software limitations). 

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180413 ORDER DENYING DOMINGUEZ STAY RELIEF VERSION APRIL 13, 2018 2 

The order resolves docket entry 2888 in Case No. 17-3283. 

 SO ORDERED. 

Dated: April 13, 2018 

 /s/ Laura Taylor Swain 

 LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN

 United States District Judge 

Copy mailed to: 

Heriberto Nieves Dominguez 

Complejo Correccional Guayama 

Axexo 296, Edif. 1-D #053 

P.O. Box 10005 

Guayama, P.R. 00785 

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