DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, 
Plaintiff, 
v. 
GLORIA SAMUELS; THE ESTATE OF FREDERICK 
SAMUELS, all unknown Heirs of Frederick 
Samuels and all other Persons claiming 
any right, title, estate, lien, or 
interest in Parcel Nos. 5E and 5Ei Estate 
Pastory, No. 5 Cruz Bay Quarter, St. 
John, U.S. Virgin Islands; and WELLS 
FARGO BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,  
Defendants. 
 
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GLORIA SAMUELS, 
Counterclaimant, 
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BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,  
Counter-defendant. 
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THE ESTATE OF FREDERICK SAMUELS, 
Counterclaimant, 
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BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,  
Counter-defendant. 
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Bank of Nova Scotia v. Samuels et al. 
Civ. No. 18-05 
Order 
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ATTORNEYS: 
 
Matthew J. Duensing 
Law Offices Duensing & Casner 
St. Thomas, VI 
 
For the plaintiff and counter defendant Bank of Nova 
Scotia, 
 
Marie E. Thomas-Griffith 
Samuel H. Hall , Jr. 
Hall & Griffith, P.C. 
St. Thomas, VI 
 
For the defendants and counterclaimants Gloria Samuels and 
the Estate of Frederick Samuels. 
 
ORDER 
GÓMEZ, J. 
 
Before the Court is the parties’ joint motion to extend the 
time for the Court to retain jurisdiction to enforce the 
settlement agreement in this matter. 
 
On February 26, 2020, the parties to this matter advised 
the Court that they entered a settlement agreement resolving all 
claims. On the same day, the Court entered a judgment dismissing 
the case. In its Judgment, the Court retained jurisdiction to 
enforce the terms of the settlement agreement for a period of 60 
days.1  
 
On April 16, 2020, the parties jointly moved to extend the 
period within which this Court would retain jurisdiction to 
June 25, 2020. The parties assert that an additional extension 
                                                          
1 That sixty-day period expires on April 26, 2020. 
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of the Court’s jurisdiction is necessary and appropriate given 
the COVID-19 pandemic.  
The premises considered, it is hereby   
 
ORDERED that the parties’ joint motion, ECF No. 65, to 
extend the period within which this Court will retain 
jurisdiction is GRANTED; and it is further 
 
ORDERED that the Court will retain jurisdiction to enforce 
the settlement agreement until June 25, 2020. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Curtis V. Gómez 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
District Judge 
 
 
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