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DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN IDA SMITH, Plaintiff, v. ALL PERSONS CLAIMING A PRESENT OR FUTURE INTEREST IN ESTATE 13, FRIIS, LINDA V. SMITH-FRANCIS, WILLIAM E. SMITH, ELOISE V. SMITH- HENDRICKS, BAB FRIIS NO. 1, PAUL HOFFMAN, JANE HOFFMAN-WALKER, ELEANOR ADAMS HOFFMAN, MAXWELL ADAMS HOFFMAN, GLORIA FRANCOIS MCGOWAN, DAVID A. BORNN AS TRUSTEE TO THE GAF TRUST ESTATE 14 JOHN’S FOLLY EXCLUDING ALL HEIRS AT LAW, ESTATE 15 CONCORDIA A, CORAL BAY QUARTER, ST JOHN UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, LAND RESOURCES DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STANLEY SELENGUT, WILLIAM B. POPPELTON, LORRAINE A. POPPELTON, KEVIN M. WALSH, MARIA K. STURATIS, SCOTT E. WILMOSKI, CHARLES M. PERDUE, MONICA PERDUE, JOZSEF NEMETH, NANCY NEMETH, FRED S. PATTERSON, MARGARET D. PATTERSON, JOHN R. PERGOLIZZI, TREASURE VIEW LLC, GEORGE PILLORGE, DEBORAH PILLORGE, SCOTT L. HARTSHORN, CLAUDETTE C. HARTSHORN, HEINZ G. FISHER, LINDA G. BURDET TRUSTEES OF THE HEINZ G. FISHER TRUST, DONALD DURANTE, SAFIA B. DURANTE, CRAIG E. MITCHELL, ALAN MARTIN KAUFMAN, RACHELLE KAUFMAN, JEFFREY J. McCRAVE, ANN McCRAVE, DOROTHY K. JANOSKO, WILLIAM R. KINCER, SUSAN B. KINCER, SUSAN GREER LITTLEFIELD, WAYNE CHESTERFIELD, MONIQUE FRANCOIS, PEDRITO ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Civil No. 2011-41 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case: 3:11-cv-00041-RAM-GAT Document #: 329 Filed: 09/15/14 Page 1 of 6 Smith v. All Persons Claiming a Present or Future Interest, et al. Civil No. 2011-41 Order FRANCOIS, SALT POND VISTA LLC, V.I. JOSEPH PALMINTERI, CARRIE GLENN, MARC KAVE, EMILY J. BRATTON, RICK HATHAWAY, RENE A. SERVANT aka RENE H. SERVANT, MARIE THERESE L. SERVANT, LORI JANE SNACK, BRIAN K. WALDEN, MINISTER ISHMAEL R. MUHAMMED, MICHAEL CARPER, REUBEN WHEATLEY, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) APPEARANCES: Ida Smith New York, NY Pro se plaintiff. Matthew J. Duensing, Esq. Stryker, Duensing, Casner & Dollison St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. For the defendants all persons claiming a present or future interest and Clotte Diede. Maria Tankenson Hodge, Esq. Hodge & Francois St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. For the defendants Paul Hoffman; Jane Hoffman Walker; and David A. Bornn, Trustee of the GAF Trust. Rafael F. Muilenburg, Esq. Morrisette & Muilenburg St. John, U.S.V.I. For the defendants William E. Smith; Eloise V. Smith; Deborah Pillorge; Claudette C. Hartshorn; Scott L. Hartshorn; Linda V. Smith-Francis; and George Pillorge. Gloria McGowan Pro se defendant. Wayne Chesterfield Pro se defendant and cross claimant. Monique Francois Case: 3:11-cv-00041-RAM-GAT Document #: 329 Filed: 09/15/14 Page 2 of 6 Smith v. All Persons Claiming a Present or Future Interest, et al. Civil No. 2011-41 Order Pro se defendant. Pedrito Francois Pro se defendant. Joseph Palminteri Pro se defendant. W. Mark Hillsman, Esq. Law Offices of Norman P. Jones, P.C. St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. For the defendants Carrie Glenn; Lori Jane Snack; William B. Poppelton; Lorraine A. Poppelton; Maria K. Sturaitis; Charles M. Purdue; Monica Purdue; Salt Pond Vista, LLC; Heinz G. Fisher; Linda G. Burdet, Trustee of the Heinz G. Fisher; Safia B. Durante; Donald Durante. Marc Kave Pro se defendant. Emily J. Bratton Pro se defendant. Rick Hathaway Pro se defendant. Rene A. Servant Pro se defendant. Marie Therese Servant Pro se defendant. Brian K. Walden Pro se defendant. John H. Benham, III, Esq. Watts, Benham & Sprehn, P.C. St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. For the defendant Stanley Selengut. Mark D. Hodge, Esq. Hodge & Francois St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. For the defendants Kevin M. Walsh and Treasure View LLC. Scott E. Wilmoski Pro se defendant. Case: 3:11-cv-00041-RAM-GAT Document #: 329 Filed: 09/15/14 Page 3 of 6 Smith v. All Persons Claiming a Present or Future Interest, et al. Civil No. 2011-41 Order Jozef Nemeth Pro se defendant. Nancy Nemeth Pro se defendant. Fred S. Patterson Pro se defendant. Margaret D. Patterson Pro se defendant. John R. Perqulizzi Pro se defendant. Terryhill Enterprises, II Pro se defendant. Missouri LLC Pro se defendant. Craig E. Mitchell Pro se defendant. Michael E. Fitzsimmons, Esq. Stryker, Duensing, Casner & Dollison St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. For the defendant Alan Martin Kaufman. Ann McCrave Pro se defendant. Jeffrey J. McCrave Pro se defendant. William R. Kincer Pro se defendant. Susan B. Kincer Pro se defendant. Susan Greer Littlefield Pro se defendant. Kurt Shore Case: 3:11-cv-00041-RAM-GAT Document #: 329 Filed: 09/15/14 Page 4 of 6 Smith v. All Persons Claiming a Present or Future Interest, et al. Civil No. 2011-41 Order Pro se defendant. Suzanne L. Shore Pro se defendant. Dorothy Janosko (also known as “Dorothy K. Janoko”) Pro se defendant. ORDER GÓMEZ, J. Before the Court is Plaintiff Ida Smith’s (“Smith”) motion to strike Defendants Paul Hoffman, David Bornn as Trustee of the GAF Trust, and Jane Hoffman Walker’s (the “Hoffman Defendants”) motion to dismiss. Smith files this motion pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(f). Smith initiated this action on March 24, 2011. A week later, Smith filed her first amended complaint. Smith then attempted to further amend her complaint on three occasions. On the first two occasions, the Court denied her leave to amend her complaint. On the third occasion, the Magistrate Judge granted Smith leave to amend her complaint. Accordingly, Smith filed her second amended complaint. Subsequently, the Hoffman Defendants filed a motion to dismiss Smith’s second amended complaint for failure to state a claim. In their motion, the Hoffman Defendants argued that Smith’s claims were barred by res judicata. In response, Smith Case: 3:11-cv-00041-RAM-GAT Document #: 329 Filed: 09/15/14 Page 5 of 6 Smith v. All Persons Claiming a Present or Future Interest, et al. Civil No. 2011-41 Order filed this Rule 12(f) motion to strike the Hoffman Defendants’ motion to dismiss. Rule 12(f) generally proscribes filing pleadings containing redundant, immaterial, impertinent, or scandalous material. Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(f). This proscription is specifically focused on pleadings. See id. Indeed, Rule 12(f), in relevant part, only authorizes the Court to “strike [material] from a pleading.” Id. (emphasis added). A motion to dismiss is not a pleading.1 Accordingly, it cannot be stricken by a Rule 12(f) motion. The premises considered, it is hereby ORDERED that Plaintiff Ida Smith’s motion to strike the Hoffman Defendants’ January 17, 2014 motion to dismiss is DENIED. S\ Curtis V. Gómez District Judge 1 A pleading is “a complaint; an answer to a complaint; an answer to a counterclaim designated as a counterclaim; an answer to a crossclaim; a third-party complaint; an answer to a third-party complaint; . . . [or] if the court orders one, a reply to an answer.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 7(a). Case: 3:11-cv-00041-RAM-GAT Document #: 329 Filed: 09/15/14 Page 6 of 6