DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
WILNICK DOVAL, 
Plaintiff, 
v. 
GARY DAVIS, CAROL MERTENS, and 
RICHARD JOHNSON, 
Defendants.   
      
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Case No. 3:20-cv-00005 
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 ORDER 
 
THIS MATTER comes before the Court via sua sponte review. On August 11, 2021, the 
Court issued an order denying Plaintiff Wilnick Dorval’s (“Dorval”) request to proceed in 
forma pauperis. (ECF No. 9.) The Court further ordered Dorval to pay the appropriate fees 
no later than twenty-one (21) days after the date of the order if he wished to proceed, failing 
which the court would dismiss this action. 
When a party is served by mail pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(b)(2)(C) (“A paper is 
served under this rule by . . . mailing it to the person’s last known address—in which event 
service is complete upon mailing”), the 21-day time period within which a party may 
respond is extended to 24 days. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(d) (“When a party may or must act within 
a specified time after being served and service is made under Rule 5(b)(2)(C) (mail) . . . 3 
days are added after the period would otherwise expire under Rule 6(a).”); The Court served 
Dorval with a copy of the order by mail on August 12, 2021. See Hard Copy Notice, ECF No. 
10. As such, the deadline for Dorval to respond to the August 11, 2021 order was September 
5, 2021. Dorval has not paid the appropriate fees to proceed with the action. 
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Dorval v. Davis et al. 
Case No. 3:20-cv-05 
Order 
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The premises considered, it is hereby  
ORDERED that the Court shall DISMISS this case; and it is further 
ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall CLOSE this case. 
 
Dated: September 8, 2021  
/s/ Robert A. Molloy  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
ROBERT A. MOLLOY 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Judge 
 
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