DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
 
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
EXPORT SERVICE STRATEGIES, LLC; 
ALEXANDER NISSMAN; and MICHAEL 
NISSMAN,  
Plaintiffs, 
v. 
   
BLUE PROCUREMENT SERVICES, LLC; BLUE 
SANDCASTLE VILLAS, LLC; BLUE ANCHOR 
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLC; INGRID 
WIDVEY; and ANTHONY CHALINE, 
                                
Defendants. 
 
) 
) 
) 
 
) 
 
) 
Civil No. 2019-52 
) 
) 
) 
) 
) 
) 
) 
) 
) 
) 
) 
 
ATTORNEYS: 
 
Maria Tankenson Hodge 
Hodge & Hodge 
St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. 
 
For Export Service Strategies, LLC; Alexander Nissman; and 
Michael Nissman, 
 
 
Rosh D Alger 
St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. 
 
For Blue Procurement Services, LLC; Blue Sandcastle Villas, 
LLC; Blue Anchor Property Management, LLC; Ingrid Widvey; and 
Anthony Chaline. 
 
ORDER 
GÓMEZ, J. 
 
Export Service Strategies, LLC, Alexander Nissman, and 
Michael Nissman (collectively “Export Strategies”) filed the 
instant complaint against Blue Procurement Services, LLC, Blue 
Sandcastle Villas, LLC, Blue Anchor Property Management, LLC, 
Ingrid Widvey, and Anthony Chaline (collectively “Blue 
Case: 3:19-cv-00052-CVG-RM   Document #: 31   Filed: 04/16/20   Page 1 of 4
Exp. Serv. Strategies, LLC, et al. v. Blue Procurement Services, LLC et al. 
Civ. No. 2019-52 
Order 
Page 2 
 
Procurement”). In its complaint, Export Strategies alleged that 
it entered into a joint business venture agreement with Blue 
Procurement. Pursuant to the joint venture agreement, Export 
Strategies agreed to provide housing accommodations to clients 
of Blue Procurement in exchange for a share of the profits 
generated by the venture. At some time during this relationship, 
Blue Procurement failed to pay Export Strategies amounts owed 
pursuant to the joint venture agreement. Thereafter, Export 
Strategies sued Blue Procurement. Export Strategies alleged that 
Blue Procurement, among other things, committed fraud against 
Export Strategies. Export Strategies sough compensatory damages 
in the amount of $304,239.27. Export Strategies also sought 
punitive damages.  
 
The parties have now presented to the Court a document 
captioned “Stipulation for Entry of Consent Judgment.” That 
document is signed by counsel for all parties who have appeared 
in this matter--Export Service Strategies, LLC; Alexander 
Nissman; Michael Nissman; Blue Procurement Services, LLC; Blue 
Sandcastle Villas, LLC; Blue Anchor Property Management, LLC; 
Ingrid Widvey; and Anthony Chaline. In that document, the 
parties report that they have agreed to settle this matter on 
the terms set forth in an attached judgment. The document 
reveals that Export Strategies has compromised its claim for 
Case: 3:19-cv-00052-CVG-RM   Document #: 31   Filed: 04/16/20   Page 2 of 4
Exp. Serv. Strategies, LLC, et al. v. Blue Procurement Services, LLC et al. 
Civ. No. 2019-52 
Order 
Page 3 
 
damages. Specifically, the parties agree that Export Strategies 
shall recover $241,093.49 from Blue Procurement. In addition to 
resolving this matter for an amount less than Export 
Strategies’s claimed damages, the parties also agree that, if 
certain payment and other conditions are met each month, Blue 
Procurement may pay the agreed amount over a period of two years 
rather than immediately. 
 
“Settlements are private contracts reflecting negotiated 
compromises.” In re Baby Prods. Antitrust Litig., 708 F.3d 163, 
173 (3d Cir. 2013). Here, the terms set forth in the parties’ 
filing establish that the parties have agreed to a settlement 
that resolves Export Strategies’s claims against Blue 
Procurement. Once the parties reach a settlement agreement which 
resolves the plaintiff’s claims against the defendant, there is 
no longer a case or controversy between the parties with respect 
to those claims. See Bryan v. All Out Die Cutting, Inc., 32 F. 
App’x 651, 652 (3d Cir. 2002) (“Once the parties entered into a 
full release and settlement of all claims against the individual 
and corporate Defendants and the agreements were approved by the 
Bankruptcy Court, an actual case or controversy ceased to exist, 
and the District Court could not properly exercise jurisdiction 
over the matter.”). At that time, the court may no longer 
Case: 3:19-cv-00052-CVG-RM   Document #: 31   Filed: 04/16/20   Page 3 of 4
Exp. Serv. Strategies, LLC, et al. v. Blue Procurement Services, LLC et al. 
Civ. No. 2019-52 
Order 
Page 4 
 
exercise jurisdiction over the matter and may close the case. 
See id. 
 
In light of the settlement in this case, there is no case 
or controversy before the Court.1  
 
The premises considered, it is hereby 
 
ORDERED that this case is DISMISSED; it is further 
 
ORDERED that the trial setting in this matter is VACATED; 
it is further 
 
ORDERED that all pending motions are MOOT; and it is 
further 
 
ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall CLOSE this case. 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
S\ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
Curtis V. Gómez 
 
District Judge 
                     
1 To the extent the parties suggest that the Court’s entry of a judgment on 
the merits in this case is a required condition for a settlement to exist in 
this case, the Court is unaware of any authority supporting such a 
suggestion. 
Case: 3:19-cv-00052-CVG-RM   Document #: 31   Filed: 04/16/20   Page 4 of 4