DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. CROIX 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ANTHONY EMMANUEL HECTOR, 
 
 
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Plaintiff, 
 
 
 
 
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v. 
 
 
 
 
 
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Civil Action No. 2021-0322 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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GLENCORE LTD. and COSMOGONY II, INC., 
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Defendants.  
 
 
 
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Attorneys:   
J. Russell B. Pate, Esq., 
St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. 
Charles Jacob Gower, Esq., 
Korey A. Nelson, Esq.,  
New Orleans, LA 
Warren T. Burns, Esq.,  
Daniel H. Charest, Esq., 
Dallas, TX 
 
For Plaintiff 
 
Richard H. Hunter, Esq., 
St. Croix, U.S.V.I. 
 
For Defendant Glencore Ltd. 
 
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER 
Lewis, District Judge 
 
THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the “Response of Defendant Glencore Ltd. to 
Order to Show Cause” (“Response”). (Dkt. No. 7).  
 
On May 9, 2022, the Court entered an Order to Show Cause as to why the above-captioned 
matter should not be remanded to the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands for the same reasons set 
forth in the Court’s Memorandum Opinions entered in Brooks v. Glencore Ltd., No. 1:2021-cv-
0251, 2022 WL 613292, at *3-5 (D.V.I. Mar. 1, 2022) and Mathurin v. Hess Corp., No. 1:2021-
cv-0176, 2022 WL 991378, at *5-6 (D.V.I. Mar. 31, 2022). (Dkt. No. 6). On May 13, 2022, 
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Glencore filed its Response. (Dkt. No. 7). In its Response, Glencore reports that the “issues 
presented [in this case] with regard to remand are the same as those ruled upon in the Court’s 
Memorandum Opinion in Brooks and Mathurin.” Id.1 
 
UPON CONSIDERATION of Glencore’s Response to the Order to Show Cause and for 
the reasons set forth in the Court’s Memorandum Opinions entered in Brooks v. Glencore Ltd., 
No. 1:2021-cv-0251, 2022 WL 613292 (D.V.I. Mar. 1, 2022) and Mathurin v. Hess Corp., No. 
1:2021-cv-0176, 2022 WL 991378 (D.V.I. Mar. 31, 2022), it is hereby  
 
ORDERED that the Clerk of Court is directed to REMAND the above-captioned matter 
to the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands; and it is further 
 
ORDERED that the Clerk of Court is directed to mark this case CLOSED. 
 
SO ORDERED. 
Date:  June 8, 2022 
 
 
 
 
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WILMA A. LEWIS 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
District Judge 
 
 
 
 
1 While recognizing that the issues with regard to remand are the same as those ruled on by the 
Court in Brooks and Mathurin, and after receiving an Order to Show Cause as to why the matter 
should not be remanded for the same reasons as in Brooks and Mathurin, Glencore purports to 
“withdraw[] its Notice of Remand without prejudice.” (Dkt. No. 7). The Court, nonetheless, will 
direct that this matter be remanded to the Superior Court consistent with its Order to Show Cause. 
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