IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
THE MORAVIAN CHURCH VIRGIN ISLANDS 
CONFERENCE a/k/a MORAVIAN CHURCH 
CONFERENCE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, 
Plaintiff, 
v. 
THE SUMMERS END GROUP, LLC, 
Defendant, 
 
and 
GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, 
Nominal Defendant. 
 
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Case No. 3:22-cv-0062 
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APPEARANCES: 
 
MARK D. HODGE, ESQ. 
HODGE & HODGE 
ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 
FOR PLAINTIFF THE MORAVIAN CHURCH VIRGIN ISLANDS CONFERENCE, A.K.A. MORAVIAN 
CONFERENCE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS.  
 
JOHN H. BENHAM, III, ESQ. 
BOYD L. SPREHN, ESQ. 
LAW OFFICES OF JOHN H. BENHAM 
ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS  
FOR DEFENDANT THE SUMMERS END GROUP, LLC.  
 
CHRISTOPHER M. TIMMONS, ESQ. 
VIRGIN ISLANDS DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE  
ST. CROIX, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 
FOR NOMINAL DEFENDANT GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS.  
ORDER 
 
BEFORE THE COURT are the following motions: 
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The Moravian Church Virgin Islands Conference v. The Summers End Group 
Case No. 3:22-cv-0062 
Order 
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1. Defendant The Summers End Group, LLC’s (“SEG”) Motion for Summary Judgment 
ϐiled on May 3, 2024. (ECF No. 39);  
 
2. Plaintiff The Moravian Church Virgin Islands’ Conference’s Motion for Summary 
Judgment, ϐiled on May 3, 2024. (ECF No. 42); and 
 
3.  Nominal Defendant Government of the Virgin Islands (“GVI”) Motion for Joinder, 
ϐiled on May 20, 2024. (ECF No. 52.)  
For reasons stated in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion of even date, it is hereby 
ORDERED that Defendant The Summers End Group, LLC’s Motion for Summary 
Judgment, ECF No. 39, ϐiled on May 3, 2024, is GRANTED; it is further  
ORDERED that Plaintiff The Moravian Church Virgin Islands Conference’s Motion for 
Summary Judgment, ECF No. 42, ϐiled on May 3, 2024, is DENIED; it is further 
ORDERED that Nominal Defendant Government of the Virgin Islands’ Motion for 
Joinder, ECF No. 52, ϐiled on May 20, 2024, is GRANTED; and ϐinally, it is further 
ORDERED that the Complaint ϐiled in this matter is DISMISSED WITHOUT 
PREJUDICE for lack of standing. The Clerk of the Court shall CLOSE this case. 
 
Dated: March 28, 2025 
 
/s/ Robert A. Molloy  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
ROBERT A. MOLLOY 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Judge 
 
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