DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
ROBERTS, CHRISTIAN and FLORENCE 
HEIRS; HODGE, INEZ HEIRS; JACOB 
and MARY MAGDELENE HEIRS; JAMES 
HENRY and JOHANNA HEIRS; MEYERS, 
HERMAN and ARIMENTA HEIRS; 
ZYSTEMA, LORENTZINE HEIRS; JOHN 
VON BEVERHOUT HEIRS; OSBORNE 
HODGE, IDA SMITH, VERL E. 
THOMAS, HAROLD A. THOMAS, 
AMERICA HODGE SMITH, PATRICIA 
SMITH, MANSUR MUWAKKIL, ADEMOLA 
OLUGEBEFOLA, and ELEANOR 
SULLIVAN, 
Plaintiffs, 
v. 
DAVID BERNHARDT1, in his 
official capacity as Secretary 
of the Interior; U.S. DEPARTMENT 
OF THE INTERIOR; NATIONAL PARK 
SERVICE  
Defendants. 
 
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APPEARANCES: 
 
Osborne Hodge 
New York City, NY  
Pro Se, 
 
Ida Smith 
New York City, NY  
Pro Se, 
 
America Smith 
New York City, NY  
Pro Se, 
 
                                                          
1 Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 25(d), the caption of this 
matter was changed to reflect the substitution of the current United States 
Secretary of the Interior as a party. 
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Patricia Smith 
Bronx, NY  
Pro Se, 
 
Harold A. Thomas, III 
Bronx, NY  
Pro Se, 
 
Verl E. Thomas 
New York City, NY  
Pro Se, 
 
Ademola Olugebefola 
New York City, NY  
Pro Se, 
 
Eleanor R. Sullivan 
Brooklyn, NY  
Pro Se, 
 
Mansur Muwakkil 
Brooklyn, NY  
Pro Se, 
 
Gretchen C.F. Shappert, U.S. Attorney  
Joycelyn Hewlett, AUSA 
U.S. Attorney’s Office 
St. Thomas, VI 
 
For David Bernhardt, in his official capacity as Secretary 
of the Interior; the U.S. Department of the Interior; and the 
National Park Service. 
 
 
 
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JUDGMENT 
GÓMEZ, J. 
 
Before the Court is the motion of the United States to 
dismiss this matter for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and 
failure to state a claim.   
 
For the reasons outlined in the Memorandum Opinion of even 
date, it is hereby  
 
ORDERED that the motion of the United States, ECF No. 17, 
to dismiss is GRANTED; it is further  
 
ORDERED that the complaint, ECF No. 1, is DISMISSED. 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
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Curtis V. Gómez 
 
District Judge 
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