DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
 
HEALTHQUEST, LLC d/b/a CARIBBEAN 
KIDNEY CENTER, 
 
Plaintiff, 
 
v. 
 
DAVITA HEALTHCARE PARTNERS, INC., 
SCHNEIDER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, 
HOSPITALS AND HEALTH FACILITIES CORP., 
GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DEPARTMET OF HEALTH, ST. THOMAS 
DISTRICT GOVERNING BOARD, DR. BERNARD 
WHEATLEY, COMMISSIONER DARICE 
PLASTKETT, JOHN DOES 1-10, 
 
Defendants. 
 
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ATTORNEYS: 
 
Bruce Darwin Spencer, Esq. 
Sanford, Amerling & Associates 
Christiansted, VI 
 
For Healthquest, LLC, d/b/a Caribbean Kidney Center, 
 
Carol Ann Rich, Esq. 
Dudley Rich Davis LLP 
St. Thomas, VI 
 
For DaVita Healthcare Partners, Inc., 
 
Karl R. Percell, Esq. 
Law Offices of Percell & Hermon 
St. Thomas, VI 
 
For Schneider Regional Medical Center, 
 
Aquannette Y. Chinnery, Esq. 
Virgin Islands Department of Justice 
St. Thomas, VI 
 
For the Government of the Virgin Islands Department of 
Health and Commissioner Darice Plaskett. 
 
 
Case: 3:14-cv-00024-CVG-RM   Document #: 10   Filed: 03/12/14   Page 1 of 2
Healthquest, LLC v. DaVita, et al. 
Civil No. 2014–24 
Order 
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ORDER 
 
GÓMEZ, J. 
 
Before the Court is the motion of the plaintiff, 
Healthquest, LLC, d/b/a Caribbean Kidney Center (“Caribbean 
Kidney Center”) for a Temporary Restraining Order.  
The Court may grant a temporary restraining order only if 
the petitioner shows: (1) a reasonable probability of success on 
the merits; (2) irreparable injury will occur to the movant if 
relief is not granted; (3) less harm will result to the non-
movant if the relief is granted than to the movant if the relief 
is not granted; and (4) the public interest, if any, weighs in 
favor of the movant. Bieros v. Nicola, F. Supp. 455 (E.D. Pa. 
1994) (noting that the standards for issuing a temporary 
restraining order are identical to those for the issuance of a 
preliminary injunction); see also Civil Liberties Union of N.J. 
v. Black Horse Pike Reg. Bd. of Educ., 84 F.3d 1471 (3d Cir. 
1996) (stating the requirements for obtaining a preliminary 
injunction). 
   
The premises considered, it is hereby 
 
ORDERED that the motion for a temporary restraining order 
is DENIED. 
 
 
  
 
 
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Curtis V. Gómez 
 
District Judge 
 
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