Francisco v. Benworth Capital Partners Pr.
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A joint motion informing the court of the parties' stipulation on the defendants' deadline to answer the complaint in Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco v. Benworth Capital Partners PR LLC et al., Civil No. 24-01313 (GMM), in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. It is Document 17, filed August 15, 2024. The motion recounts that the plaintiff filed its complaint on July 10, 2024 for breach of contract, collection of money, fraudulent transfers and conversion, served the two Benworth entities, and that Bernardo Navarro and Claudia Navarro returned waivers of service on August 14, 2024. The parties stipulate that the defendants accept service and will not move to dismiss on service grounds, and ask the court to set October 1, 2024 as the deadline for all defendants to answer or otherwise plead. The three-page motion is signed by counsel for each party.
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Case 3:24-cv-01313-GMM Document 17 Filed 08/15/24 Page 1 of 3
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN Civil No.: 24-01313 (GMM)
FRANCISCO,
Plaintiff,
RE: BREACH OF CONTRACT;
v. COLLECTION OF MONEY; FRAUDULENT
TRANSFERS; CONVERSION
BENWORTH CAPITAL PARTNERS PR
LLC, BENWORTH CAPITAL PARTNERS
LLC, BERNARDO NAVARRO and
CLAUDIA NAVARRO,
Defendants.
JOINT MOTION INFORMING PARTIES’ STIPULATION REGARDING
THE DEFENDANTS’ DEADLINE TO ANSWER OR OTHERWISE PLEAD
TO THE COMPLAINT (D.E. 1)
TO THE HONORABLE COURT:
COME NOW plaintiff, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (“Plaintiff”), and the
defendants, Benworth Capital Partners LLC (“Benworth FL”), Benworth Capital Partners PR,
LLC (“Benworth PR”), Bernardo Navarro (“Mr. Navarro”) and Claudia Navarro (“Ms. Navarro”
and together with Mr. Navarro, the “Navarros”) (collectively, the “Defendants” and together with
Plaintiff, the “Parties”), through their respective undersigned counsel, and very respectfully
STATE and PRAY as follows:
1. On July 10, 2024, Plaintiff filed the captioned Complaint against the Defendants
for breach of contract, collection of money, fraudulent transfers and conversion. D.E. 1.
2. On July 11, 2024, the summons were issued as to the Defendants. D.E. 5.
3. On July 17, 2024, Plaintiff requested the Defendants to waive service of summons.
Therefore, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(d), if service is waived, the Defendants would be required
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Joint Motion Informing Parties’ Stipulation …
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco v. Benworth Capital Partners PR LLC et al.
Civil No. 24-01313 (GMM)
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to answer or otherwise plead against the Complaint by September 16, 2024. 1
4. On the 25th and 29th days of July 2024, the Plaintiff served the summons on
Benworth FL and Benworth PR, respectively. D.E. 13 and 14. Consequently, pursuant to Fed. R.
Civ. P. 12(a)(1)(A)(i), Benworth FL is required to answer or otherwise plead against the Complaint
by August 15, 2024, whereas Benworth PR must answer or otherwise plead by August 19, 2024.
5. On August 14, 2024, the Navarros signed and returned the requested waivers of
service to Plaintiff. See Exhibits A and B.
6. The Parties respectfully inform this Honorable Court that, in order to resolve
potential disputes regarding service, they have reached an agreement and stipulate to the following:
(i) the Defendants accept the service of process and will not move to dismiss or quash based on
grounds related to service , and (ii) the deadline for all Defendants to answer or otherwise plead to
the Complaint shall be October 1, 2024.
WHEREFORE, the Parties respectfully request that this Honorable Court takes notice
of the foregoing, approve the instant motion and stipulations between them and, consequently,
allow the stipulated deadline of October 1, 2024, for all Defendants to answer or otherwise plead
to the Complaint.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE: We hereby certify that on this same date the foregoing
motion 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, this 15th day of August 2024.
1
The last day of the 60-day period provided by Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(d)(3) is Sunday, September 15, 2024. Therefore,
pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(a)(1)(C), the period to answer or otherwise plead against the Complaint continues to run
until the end of the next day that is not a Sunday – Monday, September 16, 2024.
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Joint Motion Informing Parties’ Stipulation …
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco v. Benworth Capital Partners PR LLC et al.
Civil No. 24-01313 (GMM)
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O’NEILL & BORGES LLC FERRAIUOLI LLC CASELLAS ALCOVER &
250 Muñoz Rivera Ave., Ste. 800 PO Box 195168 BURGOS PSC
San Juan, PR 00918-1813 San Juan, PR 00919-5168 PO Box 364924
Tel: (787) 764-8181 Tel. (787) 766-7000 San Juan, PR 00936-4924
Fax: (787) 753-8944 Fax: (787) 766-7001 Tel. (787) 756-1400
Fax. (787) 756-1401
s/ Antonio L. Roig Lorenzo /s/ Roberto A. Cámara-Fuertes
Antonio L. Roig Lorenzo Roberto A. Cámara-Fuertes /s/ Ricardo F. Casellas
antonio.roig@oneillborges.com USDC-PR 219002 Ricardo F. Casellas
USDC-PR No. 207712 rcamara@ferraiuoli.com USDC-PR 203114
rcasellas@cabprlaw.com
s/ Salvador J. Antonetti Stutts /s/ Jaime A. Torrens-Dávila
Salvador J. Antonetti Stutts Jaime A. Torrens-Dávila /s/ Carla S. Loubriel Carrión
salvador.antonetti@oneillborges.com USDC-PR 223810 Carla S. Loubriel Carrión
USDC-PR No. 215002 jtorrens@ferraiuoli.com USDC-PR Bar 227509
cloubriel@cabprlaw.com
s/ Ubaldo M. Fernández Barrera
/s/ Mónica Ramos Benítez
Ubaldo M. Fernández Barrera
Mónica Ramos-Benítez Counsel for Benworth Capital
ubaldo.fernandez@oneillborges.com USDC-PR 308405 Partners PR, LLC and Claudia
USDC-PR No. 224807 mramos@ferraiuoli.com Navarro
s/ Aníbal A. Román Medina
Aníbal A. Román Medina Counsel for Benworth Capital
anibal.roman@oneillborges.com Partners, LLC and Bernardo
USDC-PR No. 308410 Navarro
CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN &
HAMILTON LLP
One Liberty Plaza
New York, New York 10006
Telephone: (212) 225-2000
Facsimile: (212) 225-3999
Lisa M. Schweitzer
(admitted pro hac vice)
lschweitzer@cgsh.com
Thomas S. Kessler
(admitted pro hac vice)
tkessler@cgsh.com
Counsel for Federal Reserve Bank of
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