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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

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 

 (Jointly Administered) 

THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, 

et al., 

 Debtors.1

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In re: PROMESA 

 Title III 

THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND 

MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO, 

as representative of No. 17 BK 3567-LTS 

 (Joint Administration Requested) 

THE PUERTO RICO HIGHWAYS AND 

TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (HTA), 

 Debtor. 

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 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). 

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In re: PROMESA 

 Title III 

THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND 

MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO, 

as representative of No. 17 BK 3566-LTS 

 (Joint Administration Requested) 

THE EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM 

OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE 

COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO (ERS), 

 Debtor. 

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

TO ACT UPON REFERRED MATTERS IN PROMESA CASES 

 Parties in interest to the PROMESA proceedings pending in the United States District 

Court for the District of Puerto Rico, and the public, are hereby notified that the Honorable 

Judith Dein, a United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Massachusetts, has been 

designated to the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico to preside over 

matters referred to her by Judge Swain pursuant to section 636 of Title 28 of the United States 

Code, which defines the powers and duties of United States Magistrate Judges. The matters that 

may be referred to Judge Dein include discovery disputes, management of other pretrial 

proceedings, and making proposed findings and recommendations concerning motions. 

 Judge Dein will have authority and responsibilities in these cases only to the extent 

specified in written Orders of Reference entered by Judge Swain. Each Order of Reference will 

be entered on the docket of the relevant Title III case or adversary proceeding. The Orders 

designating Judge Dein to serve in the District of Puerto Rico and each Order of Reference will 

also be posted in the PROMESA section of the website for the District of Puerto Rico. 

Judge Dein will issue orders regarding hearings and procedures in the matters that are 

referred to her, entering them on the relevant case or adversary proceeding dockets. Judge 

Dein’s biographical profile follows. 

 

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Judith Gail Dein 

United States Magistrate Judge 

United States District Court for the 

District of Massachusetts 

Judith Gail Dein was appointed Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for 

the District of Massachusetts on July 31, 2000 and served as Chief Magistrate Judge from 

February 2009 until February 2012. She graduated from Union College, summa cum laude in 

1976, and Boston College Law School, cum laude, in 1979, where she served as Editor-in-Chief 

of the Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review. After her graduation from law 

school, she served as a law clerk to the Justices of the Massachusetts Superior Court (1979-1980) 

and then as a law clerk to Robert Braucher, Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme 

Judicial Court (1980-1981). She then joined the litigation department of Hale and Dorr, LLP, 

first as an associate and then as a junior partner (1981-1989), and then became a partner at 

Warner & Stackpole, LLP, which later merged with Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, LLP. She remained 

at the firm until her appointment to the bench. While in private practice, her work focused on 

civil litigation with an emphasis on commercial litigation and employment law. Judge Dein has 

served as a member of the Advisory Group of Magistrate Judges for the Administrative Office of 

the United States Courts. She is a Fellow of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation and American 

Bar Association, and is an active participant in the Discovering Justice Court Education Project. 

In 2011, she received a Community Peacemaker Award from the Community Dispute Settlement 

Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts in recognition of her help in creating a court program that 

provides pro bono mediation counsel for pro se litigants. In 2012, she was elected as a member 

of the Board of Trustees of Union College. 

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