DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
WILNICK DORVAL, 
Plaintiff, 
v. 
RONALD CASHIO 
Defendants. 
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Civil No. 2018-32 
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APPEARANCES: 
 
Wilnick Dorval 
St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. 
 
Pro se plaintiff. 
ORDER 
GÓMEZ, J. 
 
Before the Court is the motion of the plaintiff, Wilnick 
Dorval (“Dorval”) captioned “Rule 55 Motion for the Clerk of the 
District Court to Enter Default Judgment Against Ronald Cashio.” 
 
On June 1, 2018, Dorval commenced this civil action by 
filing a complaint in this Court. The Complaint names Ronald 
Cashio (“Cashio”) as a defendant.  
 
On June 27, 2018, Dorval filed proof of service. See Proof 
of Service, ECF No. 17. The proof of service indicates that a 
process server personally served Cashio on June 5, 2018. See id. 
 
On February 7, 2019, Dorval filed a second proof of 
service. See Proof of Service, ECF No. 26. The second proof of 
service indicates that a process server personally served Cashio 
a second time on June 19, 2018. See id. 
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Dorval v. Cashio 
Civ. No. 2018-32 
Order 
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On February 15, 2019, Dorval filed a motion classified on 
the docket as a motion for default judgment. See Mot. for 
Default J., ECF No. 29. The document itself is captioned “Rule 
55 Motion for the Clerk of the District Court to Enter Default 
Judgment Against Ronald Cashio.” See id. In that motion, Dorval 
requests that “the clerk of this District Court [] enter default 
judgment pursuant to Rule 55(a) of the Federal Rule of Civil 
Procedures against defendant Ronald Cashio for failure to plead 
and/or defend.” Id. at 1. Additionally, Dorval quotes the 
requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 55(a) (“Rule 
55(a)”). Id. at 2. Rule 55(a) addresses the entry of default 
after a defendant fails to answer or otherwise defend a properly 
served complaint. In light of those circumstances, the Court 
construes Dorval’s petition as a request for entry of default. 
Consistent with that view, the Clerk of Court entered default on 
April 18, 2019. 
The premises considered; it is hereby 
 
ORDERED that Dorval’s motion for default judgment, ECF No. 
29, is MOOT. 
 
 
 
  
 
 
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Curtis V. Gómez 
 
District Judge 
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