Puerto Rico Land & Fruit, S.E. v. Municipality of Culebra et al

Filing 387

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION for 385 Report and Recommendation, 381 Motion to Unseal Document. The Court ADOPTS the R & R and herein incorporates it by reference in full. ECF No. 385. For the reasons outlined in the R & R, the Court GRANTS Coralations motion to unseal the settlement agreement between PRLF and ACDEC filed at ECF No. 182. Signed by Judge Aida M. Delgado-Colon on 8/21/2019.(wm)

THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

PUERTO RICO LAND & FRUIT, S.E., et
al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.

Civil No. 09-2280 (ADC)

MUNICIPIO DE CULEBRA, et al.,
Defendants.

ORDER
Before the Court is a motion filed by CORALations, Inc., (“Coralations”) to unseal a
settlement agreement between Plaintiff Puerto Rico Land & Fruit (“PRLF”) and Defendants
Municipality of Culebra (“the Municipality”) and Culebra Conservation and Development
Authority (“ACDEC”). ECF No. 381. PRLF and ACDEC did not file an opposition to Coralations’
request.
The Court referred the matter to Magistrate Judge Bruce J. McGiverin for a Report &
Recommendation (“R & R”). ECF No. 382. Magistrate Judge McGiverin issued a R & R
recommending the Court grant the motion to unseal the settlement agreement filed at ECF No.
182. 1 ECF No. 385. The R &R informed the parties they had fourteen days to file an objection.

There are two settlement agreements filed under seal in the docket. Coralations did not identify which settlement
agreement it sought to unseal. The R & R concluded that Coralations’ motion refers to the agreement at ECF No.
182, to which Coralations did not object. Accordingly, the Court interprets Coralations’ request as limited to ECF
No. 182.
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The parties did not file any objections. The Court hereby deems the R & R unopposed and
submitted for final determination.
After careful review, the Court ADOPTS the R & R and herein incorporates it by
reference in full 2. ECF No. 385. For the reasons outlined in the R & R, the Court GRANTS
Coralations’ motion to unseal the settlement agreement between PRLF and ACDEC filed at ECF
No. 182.
SO ORDERED.
At San Juan, Puerto Rico, on this21st day of August, 2019.
S/AIDA M. DELGADO-COLÓN
United States District Judge

The Court notes that at page 1 of the Report and Recommendation, it should read that “PRLF, the Municipality
and ACDEC did not reply, which waives their objection to Coralations’ motion.” ECF No. 385. This does not
however impact the adoption of all arguments set forth in the R & R.

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