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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 #: 605 Filed: 03/28/17 Page 1 of 7 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, Ronald W. Sharpe, USA Jason Cohen, AUSA St. Thomas, VI For the United States National Park Service, Maria Tankenson Hodge, Esq. Hodge & Francois St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. For 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 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, Wayne Chesterfield Pro se, Case: 3:11-cv-00041-RAM-GAT Document #: 605 Filed: 03/28/17 Page 2 of 7 Smith v. All Persons Claiming a Present or Future Interest, et al. Civil No. 2011-41 Order Monique Francois Pro se, Pedrito Francois Pro se, Joseph Palminteri Pro se, W. Mark Hillsman, Esq. Law Offices of Norman P. Jones, P.C. St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. For 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, Emily J. Bratton Pro se, Rick Hathaway Pro se, Rene A. Servant Pro se, Marie Therese Servant Pro se, Brian K. Walden Pro se, John H. Benham, III, Esq. Watts, Benham & Sprehn, P.C. St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. For Stanley Selengut, Mark D. Hodge, Esq. Hodge & Francois St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. For Kevin M. Walsh and Treasure View LLC, Case: 3:11-cv-00041-RAM-GAT Document #: 605 Filed: 03/28/17 Page 3 of 7 Smith v. All Persons Claiming a Present or Future Interest, et al. Civil No. 2011-41 Order Scott E. Wilmoski Pro se, Jozef Nemeth Pro se, Nancy Nemeth Pro se defendant. Fred S. Patterson Pro se, Margaret D. Patterson Pro se defendant. John R. Perqulizzi Pro se, Terryhill Enterprises, II Pro se, Missouri LLC Pro se, Craig E. Mitchell Pro se, Michael E. Fitzsimmons, Esq. Stryker, Duensing, Casner & Dollison St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. For Alan Martin Kaufman, Ann McCrave Pro se, Jeffrey J. McCrave Pro se, William R. Kincer Pro se, Susan B. Kincer Pro se, Case: 3:11-cv-00041-RAM-GAT Document #: 605 Filed: 03/28/17 Page 4 of 7 Smith v. All Persons Claiming a Present or Future Interest, et al. Civil No. 2011-41 Order Susan Greer Littlefield Pro se, Kurt Shore Pro se, Suzanne L. Shore Pro se, Dorothy Janosko (also known as “Dorothy K. Janoko”) Pro se. ORDER GÓMEZ, J. Before the Court is the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge recommending that the Court grant the motion of Paul Hoffman, Jane Hoffman Walker, and David A. Bornn as Trustee of the GAF Trust (the “Friis Defendants”) for a finding of contempt and sanctions against Ida Smith. Upon de novo review of the record, the Court agrees with the Magistrate’s Report and Recommendations. The premises considered, it is hereby ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge docketed at ECF Number 592 is ADOPTED in part and MODIFIED in part; and it is further ORDERED that the motion of the Friis Defendants docketed at ECF Number 465, insofar as it seeks sanctions against Ida Smith Case: 3:11-cv-00041-RAM-GAT Document #: 605 Filed: 03/28/17 Page 5 of 7 Smith v. All Persons Claiming a Present or Future Interest, et al. Civil No. 2011-41 Order under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11, is DENIED; it is further ORDERED that the motion of the Friis Defendants docketed at ECF Number 465, insofar as it seeks a finding of contempt against Ida Smith under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 70, is GRANTED; it is further ORDERED that Ida Smith shall cause the lis pendens filed on October 18, 2011, to be removed from the public records maintained by the Recorder of Deeds; it is further ORDERED that, no later than April 30, 2017, Ida Smith shall submit on the docket certified proof obtained from the Recorder of Deeds that the October 18, 2011, lis pendens was removed from the public record; it is further ORDERED that Ida Smith shall cause the lis pendens filed on January 8, 2016, to be either (1) removed from the public record of the Recorder of Deeds; or (2) revised to reflect that it does not bear on the Friis Defendants’ property; it is further ORDERED that, no later than April 30, 2017, Ida Smith shall submit on the docket certified proof obtained from the Recorder of Deeds that the January 8, 2016, lis pendens was either (1) removed from the public record; or (2) does not bear on the Friis Defendants’ property; and it is further Case: 3:11-cv-00041-RAM-GAT Document #: 605 Filed: 03/28/17 Page 6 of 7 Smith v. All Persons Claiming a Present or Future Interest, et al. Civil No. 2011-41 Order ORDERED that Ida Smith shall not file further lis pendens against the real property at Parcel No. 1 Estate Friis, St. John, United States Virgin Islands without advance leave of the Court. S\ CURTIS V. GÓMEZ District Judge Case: 3:11-cv-00041-RAM-GAT Document #: 605 Filed: 03/28/17 Page 7 of 7