MOTION for Leave to File Document - Motion… — Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco v. Benworth Capital… (Dkt. 128)

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          Case 3:23-cv-01034-GMM                Document 128            Filed 07/10/24        Page 1 of 4




                             IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                               FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO


    OTO ANALYTICS, LLC,                                         Civil No. 23-01034 (GMM)

    Plaintiff,

                               v.

    BENWORTH CAPITAL PARTNERS PR LLC,
    BENWORTH CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC,
    BERNARDO NAVARRO and CLAUDIA
    NAVARRO,

    Defendants.


MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE MOTION TO INTERVENE UNDER FED. R. CIV. P.24
        IN EXCESS OF PAGE LIMIT IMPOSED BY LOCAL RULE 7(e)

TO THE HON. GINA MÉNDEZ MIRÓ
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE:

            COMES NOW the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (the “Reserve Bank”),

    by and through its undersigned legal counsel, and respectfully requests that this Court grant it

    permission to file its Motion to Intervene Under Fed. R. Civ. P. 24 (the “Motion”)1 in excess of

    the page limit imposed by Local Rule 7(e). In support thereof, the Reserve Bank states and

    requests as follows:

           1.       Today, the Reserve Bank filed the Motion requesting permission to intervene in

this action initiated by Oto Analytics, LLC, as allowed by Rule 24(a)(2) or, in the alternative, Rule

24(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. See ECF No. 127.

           2.       Despite the undersigned counsel’s best efforts to comply with the fifteen (15) page

limit imposed by Local Rule 7(e), the Motion is twenty-two (22) pages long, excluding the



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    Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meaning ascribed to them in the Motion.
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signature block. Twelve (12) pages provide a detailed account of the facts that the Reserve Bank

asserts are relevant to support its request and demonstrate, among other things: (1) its interest in

the property and transactions that are subject of this action; (2) the potential impairment of its

interests by this Court’s disposition of the action; and (3) the inadequate representation of its

interests by any current party in this case. The remaining ten (10) pages of the Motion include the

introduction, a summary of applicable law, and the legal arguments supporting the Reserve Bank’s

request to intervene. Id.

       3.      The Reserve Bank respectfully asserts that the excess pages are necessary for it to

provide both the full background of the complex relationship between the Reserve Bank, Benworth

and the pending action filed by Womply, and to establish the factual and legal basis for the relief

sought by the Motion.

       WHEREFORE, the Reserve Bank respectfully requests that, for the reasons shown herein,

this Honorable Court grant it leave to file the Motion consisting of seven (7) pages in excess of the

limit imposed by Local Rule 7(e), for it to be able to develop at length the factual background

supporting its request to intervene and the legal arguments related thereto.

Dated: July 10, 2024                Respectfully submitted,

 Lisa M. Schweitzer (pro hac vice pending)           s/ Antonio L. Roig Lorenzo
 lschweitzer@cgsh.com                                Antonio L. Roig Lorenzo
                                                     antonio.roig@oneillborges.com
 Thomas S. Kessler (pro hac vice pending)            USDC-PR No. 207712
 tkessler@cgsh.com
                                                     s/ Salvador J. Antonetti Stutts
 CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN &                             Salvador J. Antonetti Stutts
 HAMILTON LLP                                        salvador.antonetti@oneillborges.com
 One Liberty Plaza                                   USDC-PR No. 215002
 New York, New York 10006
 Telephone: (212) 225-2000                           s/ Ubaldo M. Fernández Barrera
 Facsimile: (212) 225-3999                           Ubaldo M. Fernandez Barrera
 Attorneys for the Federal Reserve Bank of           ubaldo.fernandez@oneillborges.com
 San Francisco                                       USDC-PR No. 224807



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                                   s/ Aníbal A. Román Medina
                                   Anibal A. Roman Medina
                                   anibal.roman@oneillborges.com
                                   USDC-PR No. 308410

                                   O’NEILL & BORGES LLC
                                   250 Muñoz Rivera Ave., Ste. 800
                                   San Juan, PR 00918-1813
                                   Tel: (787) 764-8181
                                   Fax: (787) 753-8944
                                   Attorneys for the Federal Reserve Bank of
                                   San Francisco




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                                CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

       I certify that on July 10, 2024, I filed a copy of the foregoing document using the Court’s

CM/ECF system, which will automatically generate a Notice of Electronic Filing to all counsel of

record in this matter.



                                                    s/ Aníbal A. Román Medina
                                                    Aníbal A. Román Medina


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