DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
ALLAN CHITOLIE, JOSEPHINE 
CHITOLIE, 
Plaintiffs, 
v. 
DIRECTOR, VIRGIN ISLANDS BUREAU 
OF INTERNAL REVENUE, 
Defendant. 
 
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Appearances: 
 
Alexander Golubitsky  
St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. 
 
For Allan Chitolie and Josephine Chitolie, 
 
 
Claude Walker, AG 
Carol Thomas-Jacobs, AAG 
Hugh A. Greentree, AAG 
Virgin Islands Department of Justice  
St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. 
 
For Director, Virgin Islands Bureau of Internal Revenue. 
 
 
 
ORDER 
 
 
GÓMEZ, J. 
 
This matter was previously scheduled for trial on April 17, 
2017. On January 3, 2017, Allan Chitolie and Josephine Chitolie 
(collectively, the “Chitolies”) filed a motion for summary 
judgment. On that same day, the Virgin Islands Bureau of 
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Internal Revenue (the “VI BIR”) also filed a motion for summary 
judgment. On February 8, 2017, the Chitolies moved to strike the 
VI BIR’s opposition to the Chitolies’ motion for summary 
judgment. On March 27, 2017, the Chitolies moved to continue the 
April 17, 2017, trial date.  
 
On March 28, 2017, the Court held a status conference. At 
that conference, the Court observed that this matter is a tax 
dispute that may be amenable to resolution on the papers. To 
that end, the Court proposed, and the parties agreed, that the 
matter should be tried on a stipulated record. 
 
The premises considered, it is hereby 
 
ORDERED that the trial setting in this matter is VACATED; 
it is further 
 
ORDERED that this matter shall be tried on the papers; it 
is further 
 
ORDERED that, no later than 3:00 P.M. on June 17, 2017, the 
parties shall submit a stipulated record that shall include all 
documentary evidence which the parties stipulate is necessary 
for the Court to consider before making its decision; it is 
further 
 
ORDERED that, no later than 3:00 P.M. on June 17, 2017, the 
parties shall submit trial briefs in support of their respective 
positions; and it is further 
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ORDERED that the motions for summary judgment docketed at 
ECF Numbers 32 and 35, the motion to strike docketed at ECF 
Number 47, and the motion to continue docketed at ECF Number 54 
are MOOT.  
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
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Curtis V. Gómez 
 
 
 
  
 
 
District Judge