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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

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) 

ORDER TERMINATING MOTION FOR RELIEF FROM STAY

The Court has received and reviewed the Motion for Relief from Stay (Docket 

Entry No. 4181 in Case No. 17-3283, the “Motion”), filed by the Asociación Puertorriqueña de 

la Judicatura, Inc. (the “Movant”). The Motion does not include a certification, as required by 

Paragraph III.Q of the operative Case Management Order, “that the movant has met and 

conferred with the Debtors regarding the requested relief.” Accordingly, the Motion is 

terminated without prejudice to renewal following the required meet-and-confer process. 

Paragraph III.Q reads in pertinent part as follows: 

Subject to Paragraphs III.F and III.T, at least fifteen (15) business 

days prior to filing a Stay Relief Motion to continue a prepetition 

 

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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); (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); and (v) Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (“PREPA”) 

(Bankruptcy Case No. 17 BK 4780-LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3747) 

(Title III case numbers are listed as Bankruptcy Case numbers due to software 

limitations). 

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ordinary course civil action against a Debtor other than PREPA, the 

movant shall contact counsel for the Oversight Board (Attn: 

Hermann Bauer (Hermann.Bauer@oneillborges.com) and Ubaldo 

M. Fernández Barrera (ubaldo.fernandez@oneillborges.com)) and 

counsel for AAFAF (Attn: Diana M. Perez (dperez@omm.com), 

Luis C. Marini-Biaggi (lmarini@mpmlawpr.com) and Carolina 

Velaz-Rivero (cvelaz@mpmlawpr.com)), and for all Lift Stay 

Notices related to PREPA, the movant shall contact counsel for the 

Oversight Board (Attn: Hermann Bauer 

(Hermann.Bauer@oneillborges.com) and Ubaldo M. Fernández 

Barrera (ubaldo.fernandez@oneillborges.com)), counsel for 

AAFAF (Attn: Diana M. Perez (dperez@omm.com)), and counsel 

for PREPA (Attn: Arturo Diaz-Angueira (adiaz@cnrd.com) and 

Katiuska Bolanos-Lugo (kbolanos@cnrd.com)), by electronic mail 

to advise them of the movant’s intent to seek relief from the 

automatic stay (the “Lift Stay Notice” and the notice period, the 

“Lift Stay Notice Period”). The Lift Stay Notice Period and the 

procedures set forth below shall not apply to Stay Relief Motions 

that are filed by creditors seeking to enforce a financial debt claim. 

The Lift Stay Notice shall include (i) the identity of the movant and 

its contact information, (ii) the claim(s), lawsuit(s), or other 

proceeding(s) for which movant seeks relief from the automatic 

stay, including the relevant case number and court information, (iii) 

the amount of the claim(s) and the asserted causes of action, (iv) a 

brief description of the status of the underlying claim(s), lawsuit(s), 

or proceeding(s), and (v) cause as to why the stay should be lifted. 

During the Lift Stay Notice Period, the Debtors and the movant shall 

meet and confer (in person or telephonically) to attempt to resolve, 

in whole or in part, the movant’s request for relief from the 

automatic stay. 

If (i) the Debtors disagree with the movant’s request for relief from 

the automatic stay and/or (ii) the Lift Stay Notice Period expires 

without the parties reaching an agreement governing the scope of 

the relief from the automatic stay, then the movant may file a Stay 

Relief Motion pursuant to the Case Management Procedures. Such 

Stay Relief Motion must include a certification that the movant has 

met and conferred with the Debtors regarding the requested relief. 

If movant did not meet and confer with the Debtors prior to filing a 

Stay Relief Motion, and cannot show exigent circumstances for 

failing to meet and confer, the Court shall deny the Stay Relief 

Motion without prejudice until the movant has met and conferred 

with the Debtors. 

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See Seventh Amended Case Management Procedures (Docket Entry No. 4086 in Case No. 17-

3283, Ex. 1). 

 This Order resolves Docket Entry No. 4181 in Case No. 17-3283. 

SO ORDERED. 

Dated: November 13, 2018 

 /s/ Laura Taylor Swain 

 LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN

 United States District Judge 

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