DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
RAPHAEL MENDEZ, 
Plaintiff, 
v. 
HONORABLE STACEY E. PLASKETT, 
VIRGIN ISLANDS FEDERAL 
CONGRESSWOMAN; CLETIS CLENDINEN, 
VIRGIN ISLANDS CONSTITUTENT 
REPRESENTATIVE; and UNKNOWN 
VIRGIN ISLANDS LEGISLATIVE 
DIRECTOR; 
Defendants. 
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Civil No. 16-26 
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APPEARANCES: 
 
Raphael Mendez 
 
Pro se. 
 
JUDGMENT 
 
GÓMEZ, J. 
Before the Court are the petition for mandamus and pending 
motions of Raphael Mendez. Also before the Court is the report 
and recommendation of the Magistrate Judge. 
For the reasons outlined in the Memorandum Opinion of even 
date, it is hereby 
ORDERED that Raphael Mendez’s petition for a writ mandamus 
is DENIED; it is further  
ORDERED that all pending motions are MOOT; it is further 
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Mendez v. Plaskett, et. al. 
Civ. No. 16-26 
Order 
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ORDERED that the report and recommendation is MOOT; it is 
further 
ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall forward Raphael 
Mendez’s appeal docketed at ECF No. 11 to the Clerk’s Office for 
the Third Circuit; and it is further 
ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall CLOSE this case. 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
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Curtis V. Gómez 
 
District Judge 
 
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