IN THE SUPERIOR COURT

OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

FILED

April 16, 2025 12:13 PM
ST-2020-CV-00155
TAMARA CHARLES
CLERK OF THE COURT

# IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS DIVISION OF ST. CROIX

IN RE: REASSIGNMENT OF
UNGROUPED COMPLEX CASES

Case No. SX-2025-MC-00024

## ORDER OF REASSIGNMENT TO COMPLEX LITIGATION DIVISION

This matter came before the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court upon review of case assignments to Honorable Judge Ernest E. Morris, Jr. In so doing the undersigned makes the following observations:

WHEREAS Judge Morris succeeded then Judge Harold W. L. Willocks, as a general jurisdiction superior court judge, when he took the oath of office on July

23, 2024;

WHEREAS the following 15 cases are currently assigned to Judge Morris,

| ST-2019-CV-602   |
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| ST-2020-CV-155   |
| SX-1997-CV-328   |
| SX-2000-CV-328   |
| SX-2002-CV-598   |
| SX-2002-CV-641   |
| SX-2005-CV-273   |
| SX-2005-CV-583   |
| SX-2005-CV-661   |
| SX-2006-CV-627   |
| SX-2009-CV-299   |
| SX-2016-CV-434   |
| SX-2018-CV-381   |
| SX-2018-CV-146   |
| SX-2020-CV-684   |

In Re Reassignment of Ungrouped Complex Cases

SX-2025-MC-024

Order of Reassignment to Complex Litigation Division

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WHEREAS these cases were previously assigned to then Judge Willocks per his agreement to assist the Complex Litigation Division, and were inherited and reassigned to Judge Morris' docket via the routine assignment procedure for new judges;

WHEREAS this Court previously determined all of the cases as complex; and

WHEREAS the undersigned concludes it is in the best interest of judicial efficiency that all such cases should be managed as complex cases within the Complex Litigation Division, pursuant to V.I.R. Civ. P. 92(c) and (d), to promote the efficient utilization of judicial resources and the facilities and personnel of the court; NOW THEREFORE, it is hereby

ORDERED that, pursuant to Title 4, Virgin Islands Code, Section 72b(a), all 15 cases (listed in the second "Whereas Clause" above) shall be and are reassigned to the Complex Litigation Division to be presided over by the Complex Litigation Division Judge, Honorable Alphonso G. Andrews, Jr.

Date: April 16, 2025

<signature>
Debra S. Watlington
Presiding Judge of the Superior Court
of the Virgin Islands

Attest:
Tamara Charles
Clerk of the Court
By: <signature>
Date: 4-16-25
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