DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
JAMAL A. MORTON, individually and  
on behalf of all other similarly situated, 
Plaintiff, 
v. 
UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS,  
The Honorable ALBERT BRYAN, JR.,  
in his official capacity as the Governor  
of the United States Virgin Islands, 
JOEL A. LEE, in his official capacity as  
the Director of the Bureau of  
Internal Revenue, CLARINA  
MODEST ELLIOT, in her official  
capacity as the Commissioner of  
the Department of Finance,  
Defendants. 
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ATTORNEYS: 
 
Joseph A. DiRuzzo, III 
DiRuzzo & Company 
401 East Las Olas Blvd. Suite 1400 
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 
 
For Jamal Morton, 
 
Denise N. George, Attorney General 
Carol Thomas-Jacobs, Assistant AG 
Virgin Islands Department of Justice 
34-38 Kronprindsens Gade 
G.E.R.S. Complex, 2nd Floor 
St. Thomas, VI  
For the United States Virgin Islands  
 
ORDER 
BEFORE THE COURT is Plaintiff Jamal Morton’s (“Morton”) Motion for Preliminary 
Injunction, filed on November 4, 2020. (ECF No. 5.)  
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These premises considered, it is hereby 
ORDERED that, no later than November 20, 2020, Defendants shall file a response 
to Plaintiff’s motion; it is further 
ORDERED that this matter is SCHEDULED for oral arguments to commence promptly 
at 9:00 A.M. on November 24, 2020, in St. Thomas Courtroom 1; and it is further 
ORDERED that the Office of the United States Marshal shall serve a copy of this Order 
on Denise George, Attorney General, and Carol Thomas-Jacobs, Assistant Attorney General, 
by hand delivery. 
 
Dated: November 13, 2020  
 
 
 
/s/_Robert A. Molloy  
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
ROBERT A. MOLLOY 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
District Judge 
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