MEMORANDUM OPINION WILMA A. LEWIS, Chief District Judge. THIS MATTER comes before the Court on several motions—a Motion to Dismiss, a Motion for Summary Judgment, a Motion to Transfer, and an alternative Motion for Additional Jurisdictional Discovery—that involve the questions whether this Court has personal jurisdiction over Defendant Bridgestone Corporation and whether this action should be transferred to another jurisdiction. 1 Upon consideration of these motions and their corresponding...
ORDER WILMA A. LEWIS, Chief District Judge. THIS MATTER is before the Court on Defendant's "Motion to File Consent Judgment Under Seal." (Dkt. No. 324). Defendant advises the Court that the parties have settled this case in mediation, and that the agreement they signed "provides for entry of a consent judgment in favor of plaintiffs," the purpose of which "is [to] ensure that the plaintiffs can enforce the settlement with minimal time and expense in the event of a breach." Defendant further...
ORDER CURTIS V. G MEZ, District Judge. Pursuant to the Report and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge to which there is no timely objection, it is hereby ORDERED that the defendant Jonathan Rodriguez Torres's plea of guilty to Count One of the Indictment is ACCEPTED; and it is further ORDERED that the defendant Jonathan Rodriguez Torres is ADJUDGED GUILTY of the offense in Count One of the Indictment.
ORDER CURTIS V. G MEZ, District Judge. Before the Court is the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge. The Magistrate Judge recommends that the defendant Jamhila Hodge's (Hodge) plea of guilty to Count One of the Indictment be accepted. A change of plea hearing was held before the Magistrate Judge on August 7, 2013. After cautioning and examining Hodge under oath concerning each of the subjects mentioned in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11, the Magistrate found that the guilty...
ORDER HARVEY BARTLE, III, District Judge. AND NOW, this 28th day of August, 2013, for the reasons set forth in the accompanying Memorandum, it is hereby ORDERED that the motion of the plaintiffs to exclude certain portions of the expert report, opinions, and testimony of Paul D. Boehm (Doc. #1235) is DENIED.
MEMORANDUM OPINION CURTIS V. G MEZ, Chief District Judge. Before the Court are the motions of the defendants, Davidson Alfred and Lamorthe Delva, for judgments of acquittal or, in the alternative, for a new trial. I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY On December 6, 2012, the grand jury returned a three-count indictment (the "Indictment") against Davidson Alfred ("Alfred") and Lamorthe Delva ("Delva"). Count One of the Indictment charged Alfred and Delva with transporting illegal aliens, a...
MEMORANDUM BARTLE, District Judge. Plaintiffs, Commissioner of the United States Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources, Alicia V. Barnes (the "Commissioner"), and the Government of the Virgin Islands (together with the Commissioner, the "Government"), filed this multi-count environmental lawsuit against entities who at various times owned portions of an industrial area in Kingshill, St. Croix on which both an alumina refining facility and an oil refinery have operated....
MEMORANDUM HARVEY BARTLE, III, District Judge. Plaintiffs, Commissioner of the United States Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources, Alicia V. Barnes (the "Commissioner"), and the Government of the Virgin Islands (together with the Commissioner, the "Government"), filed this multi-count environmental lawsuit against entities who at various times owned portions of an industrial area in Kingshill, St. Croix on which both an alumina refinery and an oil refinery have operated....
ORDER RUTH MILLER, Magistrate Judge. The parties were before the Court for a conference on May 1, 2013 in connection with CBI's motion to compel [DE 57]. Since the motion was filed, plaintiff supplemented her responses to interrogatories and document requests and the scope of the issues in the original motion was narrowed through such supplementation and further discussion. In accordance with those discussions, it was agreed as follows: 1. Interrogatory No. 4: Plaintiff supplemented her...
MEMORANDUM OPINION RUTH MILLER, Magistrate Judge. Before the Court is Great Lakes Reinsurance (UK) PLC's ("Great Lakes") Motion for Summary Judgment [DE 57] pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Rule 56.1 of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure of the District Court of the Virgin Islands. Defendants oppose the motion. [DE 63]. I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND 1 This litigation arises out of the total loss of the 2002 catamaran sailboat "Solitude" (the "Vessel"), owned by...
MEMORANDUM BARTLE, Judge. Plaintiffs, Commissioner of the United States Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources, Alicia V. Barnes (the "Commissioner"), and the Government of the Virgin Islands (together with the Commissioner, the "Government"), filed this multi-count environmental lawsuit against entities who at various times owned portions of an industrial area in Kingshill, St. Croix on which both an alumina refinery and an oil refinery have operated. These defendants...
ORDER HARVEY BARTLE, III, District Judge. AND NOW, this 7th day of June, 2013, for the reasons set forth in the accompanying Memorandum, it is hereby ORDERED that: (1) the motion of defendant Lockheed Martin Corporation to exclude expert testimony of Jack V. Matson (Doc. #1258) is GRANTED insofar as Dr. Matson is precluded from testifying about the EPA regulations or about whether Lockheed complied with these regulations and is otherwise DENIED. (2) the motion of defendants HOVENSA, LLC and...
