DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
DIVISION OF ST. CROIX
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JOSE DE LA CRUZ,
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Plaintiff,
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1:07-cv-9
v.
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VIRGIN ISLANDS WATER AND POWER
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AUTHORITY,
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Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff,
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v.
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MARCO A. BLACKMAN,
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Third-Party Defendant,
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TO:
Lee J. Rohn, Esq.
Robert L. King, Esq.
H.A. Curt Otto, Esq.
ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S RENEWED MOTION TO COMPEL
THIS MATTER came before the Court upon Defendant Virgin Islands Water and
Power Authority’s Renewed Motion to Compel (Docket No. 71).  Plaintiff filed an
opposition to said motion, and Defendant filed a reply thereto.
Defendant states that it complied with LRCi 37.2 by filing, on April 22, 2009, the
Stipulation (Docket No. 67), bearing the electronic signatures of Mary Faith Carpenter, Esq.,
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De La Cruz v. Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority
2007-CV-0009
Order Denying Defendant’s Renewed Motion to Compel
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on behalf of Plaintiff and Robert L. King, Esq., for Defendant Virgin Islands Water and
Power Authority.  While not in the form generally accepted by the Court, as the motion has
been fully briefed, the Court will, in the interest of judicial economy, enter the ruling
herein.
Defendant contends that Plaintiff has failed and refused to execute several
authorization/release of information forms that were included as part of Defendant’s
request for production of documents.  Plaintiff claims that he executed “over 10
authorizations to the Defendant that allows the Defendant to obtain all the information it
needs . . . .”  Opposition at 5.  Plaintiff objects to the authorizations regarding bank records, 
credit card records, and immigration records on privacy grounds.
Having reviewed the submissions of the parties and upon due consideration thereof,
the Court finds that the authorizations at issue are overly broad in scope and the
information sought is unreasonably cumulative or duplicative.  Plaintiff asserts that he has
voluntarily provided income tax returns and other documents to Defendant, which should
be sufficient to establish Plaintiff’s employment and income history.  Moreover, Plaintiff
has admitted that he is permanent resident and can provide a copy of his green card.
Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED Defendant’s Renewed Motion to Compel
(Docket No. 71) is DENIED.
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De La Cruz v. Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority
2007-CV-0009
Order Denying Defendant’s Renewed Motion to Compel
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ENTER:
Dated: June 29, 2009
/s/ George W. Cannon, Jr.                           
GEORGE W. CANNON, JR.
U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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