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IN THE 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, et al. (Jointly Administered)

Debtors.1

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NOTICE OF APPEARANCE AND REQUEST FOR SERVICE OF PAPERS

Pursuant to Rules 2002, 9007 and 9010 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy 

Procedure, as made applicable to these proceedings by section 310 of the Puerto Rico 

Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act, 48 U.S.C. § 2170, as well as this 

Court’s Fourth Amended Notice, Case Management and Administrative Procedures

(Docket No. 2839), the United States of America, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, among 

other agencies and departments of the United States, hereby appears through the United 

 1 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).

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States Department of Justice, Civil Division, and requests service of all notices and papers 

herein upon:

Michael J. Quinn

United States Department of Justice

Civil Division

via regular mail

P.O. Box 875

Ben Franklin Station

Washington, DC 20044-0875

or

via overnight delivery

1100 L Street, N.W.

Room 7200

Washington, DC 20005.

Please take notice that this request includes all pleadings of any kind, including, 

without limitation, all notices, motions, complaints, and orders, whether written or oral, 

formal or informal, however transmitted, related in any way to these proceedings. Please 

take further notice that neither this notice nor any later appearance, pleading, proof of 

claim, or suit shall constitute a waiver of (i) any objection to the jurisdiction of this Court 

for any purpose other than with respect to this Notice, (ii) any election of remedy, and (iii) 

any other rights, claims, actions, defenses, set offs, or recoupments as appropriate, in law 

or in equity, under any agreements, all of which rights, claims, actions, defenses, set offs 

and recoupments are expressly reserved.

This 19th day of July 2018.

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Respectfully submitted,

CHAD READLER

Acting Assistant Attorney General

ROSA EMILIA RODRÍGUEZVÉLEZ

United States Attorney

HÉCTOR E. RAMÍREZ-CARBÓ

Assistant United States Attorney

Civil Chief

/s/ Michael J. Quinn____

RUTH A. HARVEY

MICHAEL J. QUINN

MATTHEW J. TROY

JONATHAN E. JACOBSON 

USDC # G02706

Attorneys, Civil Division

U.S. Department of Justice

P.O. Box 875

Ben Franklin Station

Washington, D.C. 20044-0875

(202) 307-0243 (o)

(202) 307-0494 (f)

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this 19th day of July 2018, I caused a true and correct copy 

of the foregoing Notice of Appearance to be filed with the Clerk of the Court using the 

CM/ECF system which will generate electronic notification to all CM/ECF participants in 

these cases.

/s/ Michael J. Quinn

Michael J. Quinn

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