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No. 3:23-cv-01034-GMM · Doc. 157 · Docket on CourtListener

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       Case 3:23-cv-01034-GMM         Document 157        Filed 08/22/24     Page 1 of 4



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

 OTO ANALYTICS, LLC,

 Plaintiff,

 v.                                              Civil No. 23-01034 (GMM) cons. Civil No.
                                                 24-01313 (GMM)
 BENWORTH CAPITAL PARTNERS PR,
 LLC;    BENWORTH       CAPITAL
 PARTNERS,    LLC;    BERNARDO
 NAVARRO and CLAUDIA NAVARRO,

 Defendants.

 FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN
 FRANCISCO,

 Plaintiff-Intervenor,

 v.

 OTO ANALYTICS, LLC; BENWORTH
 CAPITAL   PARTNERS   PR, LLC;
 BENWORTH CAPITAL PARTNERS,
 LLC; BERNARDO NAVARRO and
 CLAUDIA NAVARRO,

 Defendants in Intervention.


                 JOINT MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO
      ANSWER OR OTHERWISE PLEAD TO THE COMPLAINT IN INTERVENTION

TO THE HONORABLE COURT:

        COME NOW defendants and consolidated defendants Benworth Capital Partners PR,

LLC (“Benworth PR”), Benworth Capital Partners, LLC (“Benworth FL”), and Bernardo and

Claudia Navarro (“Mr. and Mrs. Navarro” and, jointly with Benworth PR and Benworth FL, the

“Defendants”), through the undersigned counsel, and respectfully STATE and PRAY as follows:

        1.     On August 2, 2024, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“Intervenor”) filed
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Joint Motion for Extension of Time to Answer or Otherwise Plead to the Complaint in Intervention
Oto Analytics, LLC v. Benworth Capital Partners PR LLC, et al.
Civil No. 23-01034 (GMM) cons. Civil No. 24-01313 (GMM)
Page 2 of 3

the Complaint in Intervention. D.E. 146.

        2.      Thus, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(a)(1)(A)(i), the Defendants must file their

answers or otherwise plead to the Complaint in Intervention by August 23, 2024.

        3.      Prior to filing the Complaint in Intervention in the present action, on July 10, 2024,

the Intervenor initiated a separate action by filing a Complaint against the same Defendants in the

case styled Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco v. Benworth Capital Partners LLC et al., Civil

No. 24-01313 (the “Reserve Bank Action”). Said Reserve Bank Action was consolidated with the

present action (Civil No. 23-01034) by order of this Honorable Court entered on August 20, 2024.

See D.E. 153, 155.

        4.      However, prior to consolidation, the parties to the Reserve Bank Action –that is,

Intervenor and Defendants—had stipulated that the deadline for all Defendants to answer or

otherwise plead to the Complaint in the Reserve Bank Action shall be October 1, 2024. See

Reserve Bank Action at D.E. 15, 21.

        5.      The allegations raised by Intervenor in its Complaint in Intervention and in its now-

consolidated Reserve Bank Action Complaint are substantially similar an intimately related.

        6.      The Defendants and the undersigned counsel are in the process of investigating the

Intervenor’s allegations but require an extension of time to complete the same and responsibly

prepare a responsive pleading or otherwise respond to the Complaint in Intervention.

        7.      To that end, the Defendants respectfully request that the Court allow a 38-day

extension of time, or until October 1, 2024, to file their respective answers or otherwise plead to

the Complaint in Intervention, which is the same stipulated deadline by which Defendants would

file their responsive pleading to the Reserve Bank Action Complaint.

        8.      The extension requested herein is sought in good faith, within the original deadline
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Joint Motion for Extension of Time to Answer or Otherwise Plead to the Complaint in Intervention
Oto Analytics, LLC v. Benworth Capital Partners PR LLC, et al.
Civil No. 23-01034 (GMM) cons. Civil No. 24-01313 (GMM)
Page 3 of 4

to respond, and will not cause undue delay in the instant proceedings.

        WHEREFORE, Defendants respectfully request that this Honorable Court grant the

instant motion and, consequently, allow a 38-day extension of time, or until October 1, 2024, for

the Defendants to answer or otherwise plead to the Complaint in Intervention.

        CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE: We hereby certify that on this same date the foregoing

reply was filed with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system, which will send notification

of such filing to all attorneys and participants of record.

        RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED.

        In San Juan, Puerto Rico, on August 22, 2024.



                                                                                      PO Box 195168
                                                                             San Juan, PR 00919-5168
                                                                                   Tel.: 787.766.7000
                                                                                    Fax: 787.766.7001

                                                                         s/ Roberto A. Cámara-Fuertes
                                                                            Roberto A. Cámara-Fuertes
                                                                                    USDC-PR 219002
                                                                               rcamara@ferraiuoli.com

                                                                            s/ Jaime A. Torrens-Dávila
                                                                               Jaime A. Torrens-Dávila
                                                                                      USDC-PR 223810
                                                                                jtorrens@ferraiuoli.com

                                                                              s/ Mónica Ramos Benítez
                                                                                Mónica Ramos-Benítez
                                                                                    USDC-PR 308405
                                                                               mramos@ferraiuoli.com

                               Counsel for Benworth Capital Partners, LLC and Bernardo Navarro
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Joint Motion for Extension of Time to Answer or Otherwise Plead to the Complaint in Intervention
Oto Analytics, LLC v. Benworth Capital Partners PR LLC, et al.
Civil No. 23-01034 (GMM) cons. Civil No. 24-01313 (GMM)
Page 4 of 4

                                                        CASELLAS ALCOVER & BURGOS PSC
                                                                             PO Box 364924
                                                                    San Juan, PR 00936-4924
                                                                         Tel. (787) 756-1400
                                                                         Fax. (787) 756-1401

                                                                                /s/ Ricardo F. Casellas
                                                                            USDC-PR Bar No. 203114
                                                                             rcasellas@cabprlaw.com

                                                                           /s/ Carla S. Loubriel Carrión
                                                                             USDC-PR Bar No. 227509
                                                                               cloubriel@cabprlaw.com

                            Counsel for Benworth Capital Partners PR, LLC and Claudia Navarro


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