Buena Vibra Group, LLC v. Emmanuel Gazmey Santiago; Real Hasta La Muerte, LLC; Legendary Music Group Corp.

CourtDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico
DecidedApril 29, 2026
Docket3:23-cv-01414
StatusUnknown

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1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

4 BUENA VIBRA GROUP, LLC, 5 6 Plaintiff,

7 v. CIVIL NO. 23-1414 (PAD-HRV)

8 EMMANUEL GAZMEY SANTIAGO; REAL 9 HASTA LA MUERTE, LLC; LEGENDARY MUSIC GROUP CORP., 10

11 Defendants.

13 ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S “MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY” 14 FILED AT DOCKET NO. 169

15 This is an action brought by Plaintiff Buena Vibra Group, Inc. (“Buena Vibra”), a 16 marketing and advertising agency in Puerto Rico, against Emmanuel Gazmey-Santiago, 17 commonly known as “Anuel” or “Anuel AA,” and his companies, Real Hasta La Muerte 18 19 (“RHLM”) and Legendary Music Group Corp. (“Legendary Music”). Buena Vibra seeks 20 an order compelling co-defendants Anuel and RHLM to produce several documents to 21 resolve months-long discovery disputes. (Docket No. 169). Anuel and RHLM oppose 22 Plaintiff’s motion. (Docket No. 175). Plaintiff replied, and Defendants sur-replied. 23 (Docket Nos. 181, 187). 24 25 This case has been referred to me to preside over all non-dispositive pretrial 26 proceedings. (Docket No. 54). For the reasons set forth below, Buena Vibra’s motion to 27 compel at Docket No. 169 is GRANTED. 28 1 1 I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 2 I briefly recount the background of the instant case. Buena Vibra filed this action 3 on August 21, 2023. (Docket No. 1). But the events that led to the lawsuit occurred in late 4 2021 when Buena Vibra, Anuel, and RHLM partnered to design a promotional campaign 5 for Anuel’s upcoming album. All services were to be paid for by Anuel and RHLM. As 6 7 part of the marketing plan, Anuel and RHLM entered into an agreement with the 8 Ultimate Fighting Championship, commonly known as “UFC.” Anuel and RHLM agreed 9 to pay $125,000 to UFC. The complaint further alleges that Anuel and RHLM asked 10 Buena Vibra to pay said amount under the promise that the money would be reimbursed. 11 (Docket Nos. 1, 106 ¶ 14). After said first agreement, Anuel and RHLM entered into 12 13 several other agreements whereby Buena Vibra also advanced payment pursuant to the 14 alleged promise of reimbursement by Anuel and RHLM. 15 In May 2025, with prior leave from the Court, Plaintiff filed an amended 16 complaint (Docket No. 106), bringing forth Legendary Music as defendant. Buena Vibra 17 alleges that Legendary Music was created by José Gazmey (Anuel’s father) to acquire 18 19 RHLM’s rights, assets, debts, and obligations – including a distribution agreement – so 20 as to hinder, delay, and/or defraud RHLM’s creditors, including Plaintiff. 21 Prior to filing the amended complaint, Plaintiff served requests for production of 22 documents on Anuel and RHLM seeking audits’ drafts and related material, including all 23 exhibits and bank statements referenced in a certain audit that prompted RHLM to be 24 liquidated as well as all agreements executed between co-defendants and several third 25 26 parties, including Foot Locker, Foot Action, Nike, Livemba Music, Ana María Jiménez, 27 and European promoters. (Docket No. 169 at 1 and 2). Additionally, Plaintiff sought all 28 2 1 agreements executed by Frabián Carrión on behalf of Anuel and/or RHLM. (Id.). 2 Plaintiff contends that on July 23, 2025, counsel for Anuel and RHLM represented that 3 all materials related to the audit, workpapers, and exhibits would be produced by no later 4 than July 30, 2025. (Id.). That date came and went, but the materials were not produced, 5 prompting Plaintiff to renew its demand on October 24, 2025. (Docket No. 169-7). 6 7 Plaintiff maintains that since then, Defendants have only produced a single audit bearing 8 a revision date of November 1, 2023. Between February 12, 2026, and February 23, 2026, 9 Buena Vibra asserts that it attempted to obtain compliance with the pending discovery 10 requests without court intervention but was unsuccessful. (Docket Nos. 169-8, 169-9). 11 Anuel and RHLM oppose Plaintiff’s motion to compel arguing that the requests 12 13 are speculative, do not exist, are not within their possession, custody, or control, and are 14 just an attempt by Buena Vibra to “reframe targeted disagreements over scope and 15 relevance.” (Docket No. 175 at 2). Further, these co-defendants have objected to several 16 of the production requests at issue, claiming that they are not relevant to any party’s 17 claims or defenses, proportional to the needs or the case, and that they amount to a 18 19 fishing expedition or are overbroad. (Id. at 3). 20 II. APPLICABLE LAW AND DISCUSSION 21 A. Legal Standards 22 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 states that “[p]arties may obtain discovery 23 regarding any nonprivileged matter that is relevant to any party’s claim or defense and 24 proportional to the needs of the case” and that information “need not be admissible in 25 26 evidence to be discoverable.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(1). Within the scope of Rule 26, a party 27 may conduct discovery by serving another party with a request for documents pursuant 28 3 1 to Fed. R. Civ. P. 34 (“Rule 34”). The responding party must produce documents that are 2 within the party’s “possession, custody or control.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 34(a)(1). Once properly 3 served, the response to a request for production of documents is generally either (1) 4 actual production of the documents, or (2) an objection stating with specificity the 5 grounds for objecting to the request. Fed. R. Civ. P. 34(b)(2)(B); see also Vazquez- 6 7 Fernandez v. Cambridge College, Inc., 269 F.R.D. 150, 154 (D.P.R. 2010). 8 If “a party fails to produce documents . . . as requested under Rule 34,” the affected 9 party may move for an order compelling disclosure. Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(a)(3)(B)(iv). The 10 party filing a motion to compel discovery has the initial burden of showing that the 11 requested discovery is relevant. Maggi v. Grafton Cnty. Dep’t of Corr., No. 18-cv-59- 12 13 LM, 2021 WL 12147799, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 269964 at *5 (D.N.H., Nov. 9, 2021). This 14 initial burden is not onerous. Phillips Med. Sys. P.R., Inc. v. Alpha Biomedical & 15 Diagnostic Corp., Civil No. 19-1488 (BJM), 2021 WL 150411, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8739 16 at *12 (D.P.R., Jan. 15, 2021). “Once this burden is met, the party resisting production 17 bears the burden to show that the discovery is improper.” Id. (citing Autoridad de 18 19 Carreteras y Transportacion v. Tanscore Atl., Inc., 319 F.R.D. 422, 427 (D.P.R. 2016)). 20 “[A] trial court has broad discretion in ruling on pre-trial management matters[.]” 21 Bonner v. Triple-S Management Corp., 68 F.4th 677, 684 (1st Cir. 2023). 22 B. Analysis 23 With the above-outlined legal framework in mind, and after carefully considering 24 the specific arguments of the parties, I now rule on Plaintiff’s motion to compel as follows, 25 26 using as a guide the list of documents that have allegedly not been produced. (See Docket 27 No. 169 at 4-5). 28 4 1 1. Executed Contracts: 2 a. All executed/signed agreements (including all signature pages and fully 3 executed PDFs) relating to Foot Locker, Foot Action, Nike-branded 4 collaborations or campaigns, whether directly or through 5 intermediaries: Granted.

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