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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Case No. 3:20-cv-0109 
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APPEARANCES: 
 
Joseph A. DiRuzzo, III, Esq. 
DiRuzzo & Company 
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 
 
For Jamal Morton 
 
Ariel Marie Smith-Francois, Assistant Attorney General 
Christopher M. Timmons, Assistant Attorney General 
Virgin Islands Department of Justice 
St. Thomas, VI  
For the Defendants  
 
 
 
 
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Morton v. USVI et al. 
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Order 
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ORDER 
BEFORE THE COURT is Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss, filed on December 14, 2020. 
(ECF No. 80.) For the reasons stated in the Memorandum Opinion dated December 31, 2020, 
it is hereby  
ORDERED that Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss, ECF No. 80, is GRANTED; it is further 
ORDERED that all pending motions are DENIED as MOOT; and it is further 
ORDERED that this case is DISMISSED without prejudice; it is further 
ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall CLOSE this case. 
 
Dated: December 31, 2020  
 
 
 
/s/_Robert A. Molloy  
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
ROBERT A. MOLLOY 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
District Judge 
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