UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO 

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In re: 

THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND 

MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO, 

 as representative of 

THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, et al. 

 Debtors. 1

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PROMESA 

Title III 

No. 17 BK 3283-LTS 

(Jointly Administered) 

 

INFORMATIVE MOTION OF FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND 

MANAGEMENT BOARD AND REQUEST FOR 

CONSENT REGARDING REASSIGNMENT OF CASE 

To the Honorable United States District Court Judge Laura Taylor Swain: 

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

respectfully submits this Informative Motion requesting consent for reassignment of the case 

styled Centro de Periodismo Investigativo v. Financial Oversight and Management Board for 

Puerto Rico (No. 3:17-cv-01743 (JAG)) (the “CPI Litigation”).2

 This case is currently assigned 

to the Honorable Jay A. Garcia-Gregory. 

As set forth in more detail in its Motion to Reassign the case, which has been filed 

contemporaneously with Judge Garcia-Gregory and is attached to this Informative Motion as 

Exhibit B, reassignment of the CPI Litigation is warranted and necessary to (i) fulfill the 

 

1

 The Debtors in these Title III Cases, along with each Debtor’s respective Title III case number 

listed as a bankruptcy case number due to software limitations 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); and (ii) Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation (“COFINA”) (Bankruptcy Case 

No. 17 BK 3284) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 8474).

2 A copy of the complaint is attached as Exhibit A. 

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purposes of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act 

(“PROMESA”), 48 U.S.C. §§ 2101-2241, (ii) serve the interests of judicial economy, and 

(iii) avoid the risk of inconsistent rulings on the scope of discovery permitted from the FOMB 

and whether a stay of the proceeding is appropriate in light of the pending Title III cases. 

The FOMB respectfully requests the Court consent to the reassignment of the CPI 

Litigation. 

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Dated: June 13, 2017 

 New York, NY

O’NEILL & BORGES LLC 

250 Muñoz Rivera Avenue, Suite 800 

San Juan, PR 00918-1813 

T: 787.764.8181 

F: 787.753.8944 

/s/ Hermann D. Bauer 

Hermann D. Bauer 

USDC No. 215205 

hermann.bauer@oneillborges.com 

/s/ Daniel J. Pérez Refojos 

Daniel J. Pérez Refojos 

USDC No. 303909 

daniel.perez@oneillborges.com 

Martin J. Bienenstock (pro hac vice) 

Stephen L. Ratner (pro hac vice) 

PROSKAUER ROSE LLP

Eleven Times Square 

New York, NY 10036 

Tel: (212) 969-3000 

Fax: (212) 969-2900 

Email: mbienenstock@proskauer.com 

 sratner@proskauer.com 

Timothy W. Mungovan (pro hac vice) 

PROSKAUER ROSE LLP

One International Place 

Boston, MA 02110 

Tel: (617) 526-9600 

Fax: (617) 526-9899 

Email: tmungovan@proskauer.com 

Attorneys for The Financial Oversight and 

Management Board for Puerto Rico, as 

representative of The Commonwealth of Puerto 

Rico and the Puerto Rico Highways & 

Transportation Authority 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that, on this same date, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk 

of the Court using the CM/ECF system, which will send notifications of such filing to all 

CM/ECF participants in this case; with a corresponding electronic copy to counsel for Plaintiffs 

CENTRO DE PERIODISMO INVESTIGATIVO, to their email address of record: Judith 

Berkan, berkani@microjuris.com; and Steven Lausell Recurt, slausell@gmail.com.; and counsel 

of record for the FOMB in such case, Enrique R. Adames Soto, eadames@adameslaw.com; and 

Luis F. del Valle, dvelawoffices@gmail.com. 

/s/ Daniel J. Pérez Refojos 

Daniel J. Pérez Refojos 

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