DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
IDA SMITH, 
Plaintiff, 
v. 
ALL PERSONS CLAIMING A PRESENT OR 
FUTURE INTEREST IN ESTATE 13, 
FRIIS, LINDA V. SMITH-FRANCIS, 
WILLIAM E. SMITH, ELOISE V. SMITH-
HENDRICKS, BAB FRIIS NO. 1, PAUL 
HOFFMAN, JANE HOFFMAN-WALKER, 
ELEANOR ADAMS HOFFMAN, MAXWELL 
ADAMS HOFFMAN, GLORIA FRANCOIS 
MCGOWAN, DAVID A. BORNN AS TRUSTEE 
TO THE GAF TRUST ESTATE 14 JOHN’S 
FOLLY EXCLUDING ALL HEIRS AT LAW, 
ESTATE 15 CONCORDIA A, CORAL BAY 
QUARTER, ST JOHN UNITED STATES 
VIRGIN ISLANDS, NATIONAL PARK 
SERVICE, LAND RESOURCES DIVISION, 
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, THE UNITED 
STATES OF AMERICA, STANLEY 
SELENGUT, WILLIAM B. POPPELTON, 
LORRAINE A. POPPELTON, KEVIN M. 
WALSH, MARIA K. STURATIS, SCOTT E. 
WILMOSKI, CHARLES M. PERDUE, 
MONICA PERDUE, JOZSEF NEMETH, 
NANCY NEMETH, FRED S. PATTERSON, 
MARGARET D. PATTERSON, JOHN R. 
PERGOLIZZI, TREASURE VIEW LLC, 
GEORGE PILLORGE, DEBORAH PILLORGE, 
SCOTT L. HARTSHORN, CLAUDETTE C. 
HARTSHORN, HEINZ G. FISHER, LINDA 
G. BURDET TRUSTEES OF THE HEINZ G. 
FISHER TRUST, DONALD DURANTE, 
SAFIA B. DURANTE, CRAIG E. 
MITCHELL, ALAN MARTIN KAUFMAN, 
RACHELLE KAUFMAN, JEFFREY J. 
McCRAVE, ANN McCRAVE, DOROTHY K. 
JANOSKO, WILLIAM R. KINCER, SUSAN 
B. KINCER, SUSAN GREER 
LITTLEFIELD, WAYNE CHESTERFIELD, 
MONIQUE FRANCOIS, PEDRITO 
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FRANCOIS, SALT POND VISTA LLC, 
V.I. JOSEPH PALMINTERI, CARRIE 
GLENN, MARC KAVE, EMILY J. 
BRATTON, RICK HATHAWAY, RENE A. 
SERVANT aka RENE H. SERVANT, MARIE 
THERESE L. SERVANT, LORI JANE 
SNACK, BRIAN K. WALDEN, 
MINISTER ISHMAEL R. MUHAMMED, 
MICHAEL CARPER, REUBEN WHEATLEY, 
et al., 
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APPEARANCES:  
 
Ida Smith  
New York, NY  
Pro se plaintiff. 
 
Matthew J. Duensing, Esq.  
Stryker, Duensing, Casner & Dollison 
St. Thomas, U.S.V.I.  
For the defendants all persons claiming a present or future 
interest and Clotte Diede.  
 
Maria Tankenson Hodge, Esq. 
Hodge & Francois  
St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. 
For the defendants Paul Hoffman; Jane Hoffman Walker; and 
David A. Bornn, Trustee of the GAF Trust.  
 
Rafael F. Muilenburg, Esq.  
Morrisette & Muilenburg 
St. John, U.S.V.I. 
For the defendants William E. Smith; Eloise V. Smith; 
Deborah Pillorge; Claudette C. Hartshorn; Scott L. 
Hartshorn; Linda V. Smith-Francis; and George Pillorge.  
 
 
Gloria McGowan 
Pro se defendant.  
 
Wayne Chesterfield 
Pro se defendant and cross claimant.  
 
Monique Francois 
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Pro se defendant.  
 
Pedrito Francois 
Pro se defendant.  
 
Joseph Palminteri 
Pro se defendant.  
 
W. Mark Hillsman, Esq. 
Law Offices of Norman P. Jones, P.C.  
St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. 
For the defendants Carrie Glenn; Lori Jane Snack; William 
B. Poppelton; Lorraine A. Poppelton; Maria K. Sturaitis; 
Charles M. Purdue; Monica Purdue; Salt Pond Vista, LLC; 
Heinz G. Fisher; Linda G. Burdet, Trustee of the Heinz G. 
Fisher; Safia B. Durante; Donald Durante.  
 
Marc Kave 
Pro se defendant.  
 
Emily J. Bratton 
Pro se defendant.  
 
Rick Hathaway 
Pro se defendant.  
 
Rene A. Servant 
Pro se defendant.  
 
Marie Therese Servant 
Pro se defendant.  
 
Brian K. Walden 
Pro se defendant.  
 
John H. Benham, III, Esq. 
Watts, Benham & Sprehn, P.C.  
St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. 
For the defendant Stanley Selengut.  
Mark D. Hodge, Esq. 
Hodge & Francois  
St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. 
For the defendants Kevin M. Walsh and Treasure View LLC.  
 
Scott E. Wilmoski 
Pro se defendant.  
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Jozef Nemeth 
Pro se defendant.  
 
Nancy Nemeth 
Pro se defendant.  
 
Fred S. Patterson 
Pro se defendant.  
 
Margaret D. Patterson 
Pro se defendant.  
 
John R. Perqulizzi 
Pro se defendant.  
 
Terryhill Enterprises, II 
Pro se defendant.  
 
Missouri LLC 
Pro se defendant.  
 
Craig E. Mitchell 
Pro se defendant.  
 
Michael E. Fitzsimmons, Esq. 
Stryker, Duensing, Casner & Dollison  
St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. 
For the defendant Alan Martin Kaufman.  
 
Ann McCrave 
Pro se defendant.  
 
Jeffrey J. McCrave 
Pro se defendant.  
 
William R. Kincer 
Pro se defendant.  
 
Susan B. Kincer 
Pro se defendant.  
 
Susan Greer Littlefield 
Pro se defendant.  
 
Kurt Shore 
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Pro se defendant.  
 
 
Suzanne L. Shore 
Pro se defendant.  
 
Dorothy Janosko (also known as “Dorothy K. Janoko”) 
Pro se defendant.  
 
ORDER 
 
GÓMEZ, J. 
 
Before the Court is Plaintiff Ida Smith’s (“Smith”) motion 
to strike Defendants Paul Hoffman, David Bornn as Trustee of the GAF 
Trust, and Jane Hoffman Walker’s (the “Hoffman Defendants”) motion 
to dismiss. Smith files this motion pursuant to Federal Rule of 
Civil Procedure 12(f). 
 
Smith initiated this action on March 24, 2011. A week 
later, Smith filed her first amended complaint. Smith then 
attempted to further amend her complaint on three occasions. On 
the first two occasions, the Court denied her leave to amend her 
complaint. On the third occasion, the Magistrate Judge granted 
Smith leave to amend her complaint. Accordingly, Smith filed her 
second amended complaint.  
 
Subsequently, the Hoffman Defendants filed a motion to 
dismiss Smith’s second amended complaint for failure to state a 
claim. In their motion, the Hoffman Defendants argued that 
Smith’s claims were barred by res judicata. In response, Smith 
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filed this Rule 12(f) motion to strike the Hoffman Defendants’ 
motion to dismiss. 
Rule 12(f) generally proscribes filing pleadings containing 
redundant, immaterial, impertinent, or scandalous material. Fed. 
R. Civ. P. 12(f). This proscription is specifically focused on 
pleadings. See id. Indeed, Rule 12(f), in relevant part, only 
authorizes the Court to “strike [material] from a pleading.” Id. 
(emphasis added). 
 
A motion to dismiss is not a pleading.1 Accordingly, it 
cannot be stricken by a Rule 12(f) motion.  
 
The premises considered, it is hereby 
 
ORDERED that Plaintiff Ida Smith’s motion to strike the 
Hoffman Defendants’ January 17, 2014 motion to dismiss is 
DENIED. 
 
 
 
  
 
 
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Curtis V. Gómez 
 
District Judge 
 
                     
1 A pleading is “a complaint; an answer to a complaint; an answer to a 
counterclaim designated as a counterclaim; an answer to a crossclaim; a 
third-party complaint; an answer to a third-party complaint; . . . [or] if 
the court orders one, a reply to an answer.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 7(a). 
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