DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. CROIX 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
 
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)       Civil Action No. 1986-265 
TERRITORY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS,  
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et al.,  
 
 
 
 
 
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Defendants.  
 
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Attorneys: 
Jonathan M. Smith, Esq., 
Laura L. Coon, Esq., 
Rita K. Lomio, Esq., 
Sharon I. Brett, Esq., 
Marlysha Myrthil, Esq., 
Washington, D.C. 
Angela Tyson-Floyd, Esq., 
St. Croix, U.S.V.I. 
 
For the United States 
 
Carol Thomas-Jacobs, Esq., 
Aquannette Y. Chinnery, Esq., 
St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. 
Kenrick E. Robertson, Esq., 
Shari N. D’Andrade, Esq., 
St. Croix, U.S.V.I. 
 
For the Defendants 
 
ORDER 
UPON CONSIDERATION of the United States’ “Notice and Request for Emergency 
Telephonic Status Conference,” filed on November 13, 2014, (Dkt. No. 865), the Order to Show 
Cause, entered later that same day, (Dkt. No. 866), the Show Cause Hearing held on December 
10, 2014, the entire record herein, and for the reasons stated in the accompanying Memorandum 
Opinion, filed contemporaneously herewith, the Court finds that Defendants are IN 
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CONTEMPT of the Court’s June 6, 2014 Order because of their failure—without just cause—to 
timely pay Monitor Kenneth A. Ray’s September 2014 invoice as required by that Order. 
Accordingly, it is hereby  
ORDERED that the Bureau of Corrections shall be fined the sum of $1,000.00, payable 
to the Clerk of Court no later than 5:00 p.m. on January 31, 2015, as a sanction for failing to 
timely pay the Monitor’s September 2014 invoice, as required by this Court’s June 6, 2014 
Order; and it is further  
ORDERED that any future noncompliance with this Court’s June 6, 2014 Order—
without good cause or other legally sufficient reason—will subject Defendants to a fine of 
$250.00 per day for each day that the payment is late, plus payment to the Monitor of any fees 
and expenses reasonably incurred as a result of the untimely payment. 
SO ORDERED. 
Date:  December 30, 2014  
 
 
 
 
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WILMA A. LEWIS 
Chief Judge 
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