UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

Morning Session:

Set: 9:30 AM (AST)

Started: 9:39 AM (AST)

Ended: 1:01 PM (AST)

Afternoon Session:

Set: 2:05 PM (AST)

Started: 2:11 PM (AST)

Ended: 3:00 PM (AST)

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

BEFORE U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN DATE: April 26, 2023

U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE JUDITH G. DEIN

COURTROOM DEPUTY: Carmen Tacoronte

COURT REPORTER: Amy Walker

CONTRACT INTERPRETER: María Cristina Colón- Irizarry

COURT INTERPRETER: Carlos Ravelo

CSO: Luis Bruno

Further Hearing on Adjourned Omnibus Objections to Claims held. 

Attorneys Laura Stafford and Gabriel Miranda Rivera, counsel for the Financial Oversight 

and Management Board, were present in court. 

The agenda was filed at DE #24044 in 17-3283. 

In Re: 

The Financial Oversight and Management 

Board for Puerto Rico

as representative of

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PROMESA Title III

(Jointly Administered)

The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, et al.

Debtors

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IV. CONTESTED CLAIM OBJECTIONS (beginning at 9:30 a.m. Atlantic Standard Time):

1. Four Hundred Fourth Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 

19553]

a. Response to Four Hundred Fourth Omnibus Objection to Claims, filed by Olga

Santiago Arce (Claim No. 177932) [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 20121]

b. The objection was sustained as to Claim No. 177932. The claim was disallowed in 

its entirety.

2. Four Hundred Fourth Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 

19553]

a. Response to Four Hundred Fourth Omnibus Objection to Claims, filed by Maria

Serrano Vazquez (Claim No. 177092) [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 21234]

b. The objection was sustained as to Claim No. 177092. The claim was disallowed in 

its entirety.

3. Four Hundred Fourth Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 

19553]

a. Response to Four Hundred Fourth Omnibus Objection to Claims, filed by Sylvia

Vila Solano (Claim No. 177099) [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 21235]

b. The objection was sustained as to Claim No. 177099. The claim was disallowed in 

its entirety.

4. Four Hundred Sixth Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 19555]

a. Response to Four Hundred Sixth Omnibus Objection to Claims, filed by Marilyn

Cintron Serrano (Claim No. 16103) [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 19799]

b. The objection was conditionally sustained as to Claim No. 16103. The claim was 

disallowed in its entirety subject to supplementation re: the Beltran Cintron 

litigation master claim.

5. Four Hundred Twelfth Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 

19559]

a. Response to Four Hundred Twelfth Omnibus Objection to Claims, filed by Jorge

Martinez Garcia (Claim No. 177629) [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 19726]

b. The objection was sustained as to Claim No. 177629. The claim was disallowed in 

its entirety.

6. Four Hundred Fourteenth Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 

20040]

a. No response on file to the Four Hundred Fourteenth Omnibus Objection to Claims 

by Maira Ivet Feliciano Rosado (Claim No. 179662)

b. Ms. Feliciano Rosado was heard on the record with the assistance of the contract 

interpreter.

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c. The objection was sustained as to Claim No. 179662. The claim was disallowed in 

its entirety.

7. Four Hundred Thirty-Second Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF 

No. 20487]

a. Response to Four Hundred Thirty-Second Omnibus Objection to Claims, filed by

Rafael A. Carrasquillo Nieves (Claim No. 15774) [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No.

20641]

b. Mr. Carrasquillo Nieves was heard on the record with the assistance of the 

contract interpreter.

c. The objection was overruled as to Claim No. 15774.

8. Four Hundred Thirty-Second Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF 

No. 20487]

a. Response to Four Hundred Thirty-Second Omnibus Objection to Claims, filed by

Ramon A. Lopez Alvarado (Claim Nos. 128175, 162758) [Case No. 17-3283, ECF

No. 22896]

b. The objection was sustained as to Claim Nos. 128175, 162758. Both claims were 

reclassified as claims against PREPA. 

9. Four Hundred Thirty-Seventh Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF 

No. 20495]

a. Response to Four Hundred Thirty-Seventh Omnibus Objection to Claims, filed by

Alberto Vega Zayas (Claim Nos. 135965, 136952, 140056, 140676) [Case No. 17-

3283, ECF No. 21010]

b. The objection was sustained as to Claim Nos. 135965, 136952, 140056, 140676. 

The claims were disallowed in their entirety. 

10. Four Hundred Thirty-Ninth Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 

20497]

a. Response to Four Hundred Thirty-Ninth Omnibus Objection to Claims, filed by

George & Theresa Rauscher (Claim No. 179635) [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No.

20581]

b. The objection was sustained as to Claim No. 179635. The claim was disallowed in 

its entirety.

11. Four Hundred Thirty-Ninth Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF 

No. 20497]

a. No response on file to Four Hundred Thirty-Ninth Omnibus Objection to Claims by 

Carmen Yolanda Rivera (Claim No. 31525) 

b. The objection was sustained as to Claim No. 31525. The claim was disallowed in 

its entirety.

V. CONTESTED CLAIM OBJECTIONS (beginning at 10:30 a.m. Atlantic Standard Time):

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1. Four Hundred Forty-Third Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 

20501] 

a. Response to Four Hundred Forty-Third Omnibus Objection to Claims, filed by 

Luz M. Acevedo Mercado (Claim No. 104914) [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 

20601]

b. Subject to supplementation, the objection was sustained as to Claim No. 

104914. The claim was disallowed in its entirety. 

2. Four Hundred Forty-Third Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 

20501] 

a. No response on file to Four Hundred Forty-Third Omnibus Objection to Claims 

by Irma Iris Arocho Vidal (Claim No. 151713) 

b. The objection was sustained as to Claim No. 151713. The claim was disallowed 

in its entirety.

c. FOMB to supplement the proposed order with additional information on the 

litigation referenced by the claimant. 

3. Four Hundred Forty-Third Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 

20501] 

a. No response on file to Four Hundred Forty-Third Omnibus Objection to Claims 

by Ivette De Jesus Rivas (Claim No. 90011)

b. The objection was sustained as to Claim No. 90011. The claim was disallowed 

in its entirety. 

4. Four Hundred Forty-Third Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 

20501] 

a. No response on file to Four Hundred Forty-Third Omnibus Objection to Claims 

by Rosa Margarita Sanchez (Claim No. 80168)

b. The objection was sustained as to Claim No. 80168. The claim was disallowed 

in its entirety. 

5. Four Hundred Forty-Third Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 

20501] 

a. No response on file to Four Hundred Forty-Third Omnibus Objection to Claims 

by

Evangelina Tenorio Gonzalez (Claim No. 125306)

b. The objection was sustained as to Claim No. 125306. The claim was disallowed 

in its entirety. 

6. Four Hundred Forty-Eighth Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 

20504] 

a. Response to Four Hundred Forty-Eighth Omnibus Objection to Claims, filed by

Miriam Sanchez Lebron (Claim No. 17433) [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 20646]

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b. Ms. Sanchez Lebron was heard on the record with the assistance of the 

contract interpreter.

c. The objection was sustained as to Claim No. 17433. The claim was disallowed 

in its entirety. 

7. Four Hundred Fifty-Third Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 

20784] 

a. Response to Four Hundred Fifty-Third Omnibus Objection to Claims, filed by 

Ortiz Romero (Claim No. 31895)

b. The objection was sustained as to Claim No. 31895. The claim was disallowed 

in its entirety.

8. Four Hundred Fifty-Third Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 

20784] 

a. Response to Four Hundred Fifty-Third Omnibus Objection to Claims, filed by

Benivette Rentas Cruz (Claim No. 84345-1) [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 21595]

b. The objection was sustained as to Claim No. 84345-1. The claim was disallowed 

in its entirety. 

9. Four Hundred Sixtieth Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 

20791] 

a. No response on file to Four Hundred Sixtieth Omnibus Objection to Claims, 

filed by Jose M. Alamo Cuevas (Claim No. 147357)

b. The objection was sustained as to Claim No. 147357. The claim was disallowed 

in its entirety. 

10. Four Hundred Sixty-Fifth Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 

20796] 

a. Response to Four Hundred Sixty-Fifth Omnibus Objection to Claims, filed by

Miriam Sanchez Lebron (Claim Nos. 17230, 173831) [Case No. 17-3283, ECF 

No. 21075]

b. Ms. Sanchez Lebron was heard on the record with the assistance of the 

contract interpreter.

c. The objection was adjourned. FOMB was directed to meet and confer with 

the claimant. 

11. Four Hundred Seventy-Fifth Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF 

No. 21426] 

a. No response on file to Four Hundred Seventy-Fifth Omnibus Objection to Claim

by

Heriberto Arocho Rivera (Claim No. 169996)

b. The objection was sustained as to Claim No. 169996. The claim was disallowed 

in its entirety. 

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12. Four Hundred Seventy-Fifth Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF 

No. 21426] 

a. Response to Four Hundred Seventy-Fifth Omnibus Objection to Claims, filed 

by Jeremy Morales Pagan (Claim No. 122217-2) [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 

21691]

b. The objection was sustained as to Claim No. 122217-2. The claim was 

disallowed in its entirety. 

13. Four Hundred Seventy-Sixth Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF 

No. 21428] 

a. Response to Four Hundred Seventy-Sixth Omnibus Objection to Claims, filed 

by Aurelio Moreno Soto (Claim No. 67535) [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 21799]

b. The objection was sustained as to Claim No. 67535. The claim was disallowed 

in its entirety. 

14. Four Hundred Eighty-Fourth Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF 

No. 21733] 

a. Response to Four Hundred Eighty-Fourth Omnibus Objection to Claims, filed

Heliodora Alicea Rodriguez (Claim No. 104126) [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No.

22600]

b. The objection was sustained as to Claim No. 104126. The claim was disallowed 

in its entirety. 

VI. CONTESTED CLAIM OBJECTIONS (beginning at 11:30 a.m. Atlantic Standard Time):

1. Five Hundred Fourteenth Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 

22251] 

a. Response to Five Hundred Fourteenth Omnibus Objection to Claims, filed by

Asunción Colón Ramos (Claim No. 26149) [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 22652]

b. The objection was sustained as to Claim No. 26149. The claim was disallowed 

in its entirety. 

2. Five Hundred Fourteenth Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 

22251] 

a. Response to Five Hundred Fourteenth Omnibus Objection to Claims, filed by 

Juan L. Dávila Pérez (Claim No. 18345) [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 22654]

b. The objection was sustained as to Claim No. 18345. The claim was disallowed 

in its entirety. 

3. Five Hundred Fourteenth Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 

22251] 

a. Response to Five Hundred Fourteenth Omnibus Objection to Claims, filed by

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Nelson Maysonet Martinez (Claim No. 18312) [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No.

22651]

b. The objection was sustained as to Claim No. 18312. The claim was disallowed 

in its entirety. 

4. Five Hundred Fourteenth Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 

22251] 

a. Response to Five Hundred Fourteenth Omnibus Objection to Claims, filed by

Gerardo J. Ramos Velázquez (Claim No. 29276) [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No.

22656]

b. The objection was sustained as to Claim No. 29276. The claim was disallowed 

in its entirety. 

5. Five Hundred Fourteenth Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 

22251] 

a. Response to Five Hundred Fourteenth Omnibus Objection to Claims, filed by

Arnold Rodriguez Sanchez (Claim No. 26848) [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No.

22655]

b. The objection was sustained as to Claim No. 26848. The claim was disallowed 

in its entirety. 

6. Five Hundred Fourteenth Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 

22251] 

a. Response to Five Hundred Fourteenth Omnibus Objection to Claims, filed by

Raul Santini Rivera (Claim No. 24826) [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 22657]

b. The objection was sustained as to Claim No. 24826. The claim was disallowed 

in its entirety. 

7. Five Hundred Fourteenth Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 

22251] 

a. Response to Five Hundred Fourteenth Omnibus Objection to Claims, filed by

Myrtelina Torres Berríos (Claim No. 28933) [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No.

22653]

b. The objection was sustained as to Claim No. 28933. The claim was disallowed 

in its entirety. 

8. Five Hundred Eighteenth Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 

22247]

a. Response to Five Hundred Eighteenth Omnibus Objection to Claims by Vilma 

Maldonado Reyes (Claim No. 12237)

b. The objection was sustained as to Claim No. 12237. The claim was disallowed 

in its entirety. 

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9. Five Hundred Eighteenth Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 

22257]

a. Response to Five Hundred Twenty-Second Omnibus Objections to Claims, filed 

by Luz Esther Rivera Cuevas (Claim No. 14673) [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 

23299]

b. The objection was sustained as to Claim No. 14673. The claim was liquidated,

and was allowed in the amount of $230.40.

10. Five Hundred Thirty-Seventh Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF 

No. 22740]

a. Response to Five Hundred Thirty-Seventh Omnibus Objections to Claims, 

filed by Efrain Marquez Guzman (Claim No. 7743) [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 

22852]

b. The objection was sustained as to Claim No. 7743. The claim was disallowed 

in its entirety. 

11. Five Hundred Thirty-Eighth Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 

22741]

a. Response to Five Hundred Thirty-Eighth Omnibus Objections to Claims, filed 

by Maria V. Perez Rodriguez (Claim No. 16333) [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 

22853]

b. The objection was sustained as to Claim No. 16333. The claim was reclassified 

as a claim against PREPA.

12. Five Hundred Fifty-Seventh Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 

23092]

a. No response on file to Five Hundred Fifty-Seventh Omnibus Objections to 

Claims by Lilliam L. Rivera Salerna (Claim No. 152871)

b. The objection was sustained as to Claim No. 152871. The claim was 

disallowed in its entirety. 

13. Five Hundred Fifty-Seventh Omnibus Objection to Claims. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 

23092]

a. No response on file to Five Hundred Fifty-Seventh Omnibus Objections to 

Claims by Carmen Astacio Pagan (Claim No. 111964)

b. The objection was sustained as to Claim No. 111964. The claim was disallowed 

in its entirety. 

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DRA Bond Issue Hearing set for May 10, 2023, at 2:00 PM (AST), before Judge Laura Taylor 

Swain. 

s/Carmen Tacoronte

Carmen Tacoronte

Courtroom Deputy Clerk

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