In Re: Lawless

In Re: Lawless

Petitioner:	RICHARD R. LAWLESS
Respondent:	FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO
Debtor:	COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, PUERTO RICO SALES TAX FINANCING CORPORATION, COFINA, PUERTO RICO HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, PUERTO RICO ELECTRIC POWER AUTHORITY (PREPA), PUERTO RICO PUBLIC BUILDINGS AUTHORITY and EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE GOVERNMENT OF PUERTO RICO
Cross-Plaintiff:	SUR COPY, INC., MUNICIPIO AUTONOMO DE CAGUAS, MUNICIPALITY OF HUMACAO, MUNICIPALITY OF LAS PIEDRAS, MUNICIPALITY OF CAGUAS, MUNICIPALITY OF CAYEY, YANIRA SANTIAGO-RIVERA, LUIS ALEXIS MANSO-ROSARIO and GELABEL MONSERRATE TORRES
Trustee:	DRIVETRAIN LLC, in its capacity as the trustee of the Commonwealth Avoidance Actions Trust, MONSITA LECAROZ-ARRIBAS, U.S. Trustee and US TRUSTEE-REGION 21
Case Number:	25-2191
Filed:	December 12, 2025
Court:	U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
Nature of Suit:	Other

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Date Filed	Document Text
January 9, 2026	Mail returned as undeliverable to Attorney Raul O. Hernandez-Gonzalez for Not Party Gelabel Monserrate Torres. Copy of Case Opening notice issued December 8, 2025. [25-2191] (NKR) [Entered: 01/12/2026 10:19 AM]
January 8, 2026	Mail returned as undeliverable to Attorney Raul O. Hernandez-Gonzalez for Not Party Gelabel Monserrate Torres. Copy of Judgment entered December 22, 2025. [25-2191] (NKR) [Entered: 01/09/2026 03:00 PM]
December 22, 2025	JUDGMENT entered by Lara E. Montecalvo, Appellate Judge; Jeffrey R. Howard, Appellate Judge and Julie Rikelman, Appellate Judge. Denied. [25-2191] (JMK) [Entered: 12/22/2025 08:59 AM]
December 15, 2025	CASE submitted. Panel: Lara E. Montecalvo, Appellate Judge; Jeffrey R. Howard, Appellate Judge; Julie Rikelman, Appellate Judge. [25-2191] (KPC) [Entered: 01/08/2026 10:25 AM]
December 8, 2025	ORIGINAL PROCEEDING docketed. Petition for a writ of mandamus filed by Petitioner Richard R. Lawless. Fee due 12/29/2025. [25-2191] (JMK) [Entered: 12/12/2025 04:16 PM]
December 8, 2025	EMERGENCY MOTION for stay filed by Petitioner Richard R. Lawless. Served on 12/03/2025. [25-2191] (JMK) [Entered: 12/12/2025 04:24 PM]
December 8, 2025	MOTION to proceed in forma pauperis filed by Petitioner Richard R. Lawless. Served on 12/03/2025. [25-2191] (JMK) [Entered: 12/12/2025 04:25 PM]
December 8, 2025	Request to proceed in forma pauperis filed by Petitioner Richard R. Lawless is pending in the Court of Appeals. [25-2191] (JMK) [Entered: 12/12/2025 04:29 PM]

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Petitioner: RICHARD R. LAWLESS
Represented By:	Richard R. Lawless
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Respondent: FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO
Represented By:	Laura E. Stafford
Represented By:	Brian S. Rosen
Represented By:	John E. Roberts
Represented By:	Timothy W. Mungovan
Represented By:	Lucas Kowalczyk
Represented By:	Mark David Harris
Represented By:	Adam Deming
Represented By:	Martin J. Bienenstock
Represented By:	Hermann D. Bauer-Alvarez
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Debtor: COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO
Represented By:	Jared D. Zajac
Represented By:	Steven O. Weise
Represented By:	Donald B. Verrilli Jr.
Represented By:	Josue N. Torres-Crespo
Represented By:	Chris Theodoridis
Represented By:	Laura E. Stafford
Represented By:	Scott Rutsky
Represented By:	Brian S. Rosen
Represented By:	Jennifer L. Roche
Represented By:	John E. Roberts
Represented By:	Stephen L. Ratner
Represented By:	Lary Alan Rappaport
Represented By:	Juan Carlos Ramirez-Ortiz
Represented By:	Paul V. Possinger
Represented By:	Kevin J. Perra
Represented By:	Susana I. Penagaricano Brown
Represented By:	Timothy W. Mungovan
Represented By:	Matthew J. Morris
Represented By:	Gabriel A. Miranda-Rivera
Represented By:	Michel Mir-Martinez
Represented By:	Rachel G. Miller Ziegler
Represented By:	Lucas Kowalczyk
Represented By:	Mark David Harris
Represented By:	Michael R. Hackett
Represented By:	Chad Golder
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Debtor: PUERTO RICO SALES TAX FINANCING CORPORATION, COFINA
Represented By:	Jared D. Zajac
Represented By:	Chris Theodoridis
Represented By:	Brian S. Rosen
Represented By:	Kevin J. Perra
Represented By:	Mark David Harris
Represented By:	Carla Garcia-Benitez
Represented By:	Carl Forbes Jr.
Represented By:	Ralph C. Ferrara
Represented By:	Ubaldo M. Fernandez
Represented By:	Chantel L. Febus
Represented By:	William D. Dalsen
Represented By:	Ricardo Burgos-Vargas
Represented By:	Guy Brenner
Represented By:	Martin J. Bienenstock
Represented By:	Hermann D. Bauer-Alvarez
Represented By:	Ann M. Ashton
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Debtor: PUERTO RICO HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
Represented By:	Jared D. Zajac
Represented By:	Hadassa Waxman
Represented By:	Chris Theodoridis
Represented By:	Brian S. Rosen
Represented By:	Kevin J. Perra
Represented By:	Mark David Harris
Represented By:	Carla Garcia-Benitez
Represented By:	Carl Forbes Jr.
Represented By:	Ubaldo M. Fernandez
Represented By:	William D. Dalsen
Represented By:	Raul Castellanos-Malave
Represented By:	Ricardo Burgos-Vargas
Represented By:	Guy Brenner
Represented By:	Martin J. Bienenstock
Represented By:	Hermann D. Bauer-Alvarez
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Debtor: PUERTO RICO ELECTRIC POWER AUTHORITY (PREPA)
Represented By:	Jared D. Zajac
Represented By:	Hadassa Waxman
Represented By:	Daniel S. Shamah
Represented By:	Brian S. Rosen
Represented By:	Michael Kelly Malone
Represented By:	Mark David Harris
Represented By:	Carla Garcia-Benitez
Represented By:	Carl Forbes Jr.
Represented By:	Arturo Diaz-Angueira
Represented By:	Maria Jennifer DiConza
Represented By:	Joseph P. Davis III
Represented By:	William D. Dalsen
Represented By:	Guy Brenner
Represented By:	Martin J. Bienenstock
Represented By:	Hermann D. Bauer-Alvarez
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Debtor: PUERTO RICO PUBLIC BUILDINGS AUTHORITY
Represented By:	Brian S. Rosen
Represented By:	Gabriel A. Miranda-Rivera
Represented By:	Martin J. Bienenstock
Represented By:	Hermann D. Bauer-Alvarez
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Debtor: EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE GOVERNMENT OF PUERTO RICO
Represented By:	Steven O. Weise
Represented By:	Stephen L. Ratner
Represented By:	Timothy W. Mungovan
Represented By:	Carla Garcia-Benitez
Represented By:	Chantel L. Febus
Represented By:	Luis Francisco Del-Valle-Emmanuelli
Represented By:	Martin J. Bienenstock
Represented By:	Hermann D. Bauer-Alvarez
Represented By:	Ehud Barak
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Cross-plaintiff: SUR COPY, INC.
Represented By:	Jose Rafael Santiago Pereles
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Cross-plaintiff: MUNICIPIO AUTONOMO DE CAGUAS
Represented By:	Arturo Rafael Negron-Vargas
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Cross-plaintiff: MUNICIPALITY OF HUMACAO
Represented By:	Arturo Rafael Negron-Vargas
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Cross-plaintiff: MUNICIPALITY OF LAS PIEDRAS
Represented By:	Arturo Rafael Negron-Vargas
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Cross-plaintiff: MUNICIPALITY OF CAGUAS
Represented By:	Arturo Rafael Negron-Vargas
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Cross-plaintiff: MUNICIPALITY OF CAYEY
Represented By:	Alexis Fuentes-Hernandez
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Cross-plaintiff: YANIRA SANTIAGO-RIVERA
Represented By:	Joseph F. Gierbolini-Bonilla
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Cross-plaintiff: LUIS ALEXIS MANSO-ROSARIO
Represented By:	Joseph F. Gierbolini-Bonilla
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Cross-plaintiff: GELABEL MONSERRATE TORRES
Represented By:	Raul O. Hernandez-Gonzalez
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Trustee: DRIVETRAIN LLC, in its capacity as the trustee of the Commonwealth Avoidance Actions Trust
Represented By:	Luis Fernando Llach Zuniga
Represented By:	Luc A. Despins
Represented By:	Juan J. Casillas-Ayala
Represented By:	Georg Alexander Bongartz
Represented By:	John Arrastia Jr.
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Trustee: MONSITA LECAROZ-ARRIBAS, U.S. Trustee
Represented By:	Monsita Lecaroz-Arribas
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Trustee: US TRUSTEE-REGION 21
Represented By:	Monsita Lecaroz-Arribas
Represented By:	Julio Enrique Guzman-Carcache
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