IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS  
DIVISION OF ST. CROIX  
BENJAMIN PRENTICE AND SOPHIA 
) 
FRANCIS, 
) No. 9-5 
) 
Plaintiffs, 
v. 
OFFICEMAX NORTH AMERICA, 
Defendant. 
ORDER OF COURT 
Before the Court is Plaintiffs Motion for Reconsideration, seeking reconsideration ofthis 
Court's decision to decline to retain jurisdiction over Plaintiffs I state law claims. Plaintiff posits 
that the decision prejudices Plaintiffs due to the backlog in the state court. Motions for 
reconsideration are granted sparingly, "[b]ecause federal courts have a strong interest in finality 
ofjudgments. " Continental Cas. Co. v. Diversified Indus., Inc.,. 884 F. Supp. 937, 943 (E.D.Pa. 
1995). The purpose ofa motion for reconsideration is "to correct manifest errors of law or fact 
or to present newly discovered evidence." Max's Seafood Cafe v.,Quinteros, 176 F.3d 669, 677 
(3d Cir.1999). Particularly as many of the state law questions at issue are relatively unsettled 
and best left for the state court, Plaintiffs have not persuaded me that the slow pace ofVirgin 
Islands litigation warrants reconsideration ofmy decision. 
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AND NOW, this I t ~y of April, 2012, it is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and 
DECREED that Plaintiffs' Motion for Reconsideration [No. 207: is DENIED. 
BY THE COURT: 
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Donetta W. Ambrose, Senior Judge 
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