DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
DIVISION OF ST. CROIX
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
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Plaintiff,
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1:99-cv-208
v.
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EVERETT K. GOODWIN, DALE N. 
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GOODWIN, H & H TIRE SALES,
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COMMOLOCO, INC., and ROBERT
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SKEOCH,
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Defendant.
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TO:
Angela Tyson-Floyd, Esq., AUSA
Ellen Donovan, Esq.
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO RECONSIDER
THIS MATTER came before the Court upon Defendant Robert Skeoch’s Motion to
Reconsider Order of Sale (Docket No. 74).  The government filed a response to said motion. 
The time for filing a reply has expired.  A hearing was held on July 1, 2009.  Angela Tyson-
Floyd, Esq., AUSA, represented  Plaintiff.  Ellen G. Donovan, Esq., appeared on behalf of
Defendant Robert Skeoch.
Having reviewed the written submissions of the parties and heard the arguments
of counsel, the Court finds that it erred when it entered the Order of Sale (Docket No. 73),
as submitted and proposed by the government.  It is clear that the said Order of Sale does
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not incorporate the determinations made by then-Chief District Judge Finch in the Order
(Docket No. 70) and Judgment Order (Docket No. 71)  regarding the priority of claims and
judgment in favor of Defendant Skeoch.  Consequently, the Court will vacate the Order of
Sale (Docket No. 73) and direct the government to recompute the interest on the Bermudez
mortgage and the Goodwin mortgage #1 as well as the amount payable to Defendant
Skeoch in accordance with the Order (Docket No. 70) and Judgment Order (Docket No. 71).
WHEREFORE, it is now hereby ORDERED:
1.
Defendant Robert Skeoch’s Motion to Reconsider Order of Sale (Docket No.
74) is GRANTED.
2.
The Order of Sale (Docket No. 73), entered September 12, 2005, is
VACATED.
3.
Plaintiff, the government, shall submit, within ten (10) days from the date of
entry of this Order, a proposed Order of Sale containing the properly
calculated amount, including interest, payable to the government on the
Bermudez mortgage and the Goodwin Mortgage #1, as well as the amounts
payable to Defendant Skeoch, and including a statement that payments to the
government are limited to payments of the Bermudez mortgage and the
Goodwin mortgage #1, at the correct interest rates, prior to payment to
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Defendant Skeoch, all as set forth in Order (Docket No. 70), entered January
16, 2003, and Judgment Order (Docket No. 71), entered August 11, 2003.
ENTER:
Dated: August 11, 2009
/s/ George W. Cannon, Jr.                           
GEORGE W. CANNON, JR.
U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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