Court Order (Order Of Reassignment) - 2025.04.16%20Distribution%20Queue%20Template

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Type: Court order (order of reassignment)

File Size: 502 KB

Summary

This document is a court order from the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands, dated April 16, 2025, reassigning 15 'ungrouped complex cases' from Judge Ernest E. Morris, Jr. to the Complex Litigation Division under Judge Alphonso G. Andrews, Jr. The file stamp notably references case ST-2020-CV-00155, which is the civil forfeiture case filed by the US Virgin Islands against the Estate of Jeffrey Epstein. The order states the transfer is for judicial efficiency and notes that Judge Morris had inherited these cases from Judge Willocks upon taking office in July 2024.

People (5)

Name	Role	Context
Debra S. Watlington	Presiding Judge of the Superior Court	Signed the order reassigning the complex cases.
Ernest E. Morris, Jr.	Judge	Judge from whom the 15 complex cases are being reassigned; he succeeded Judge Willocks and took oath on July 23, 2024.
Harold W. L. Willocks	Judge	Previous judge who handled the cases under agreement to assist the Complex Litigation Division.
Alphonso G. Andrews, Jr.	Complex Litigation Division Judge	Judge to whom the 15 cases are being reassigned.
Tamara Charles	Clerk of the Court	Attested the filing.

Organizations (3)

Name	Type	Context
Superior Court of the Virgin Islands
Division of St. Croix
Complex Litigation Division

Timeline (2 events)

2024-07-23

Judge Ernest E. Morris, Jr. took the oath of office.

Virgin Islands

Ernest E. Morris, Jr.

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2025-04-16

Filing of Order of Reassignment transferring 15 complex cases to the Complex Litigation Division.

Superior Court of the Virgin Islands

Debra S. Watlington Ernest E. Morris, Jr. Alphonso G. Andrews, Jr.

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Locations (2)

Location	Context
Virgin Islands
St. Croix

Relationships (2)

Ernest E. Morris, Jr. → Succession → Harold W. L. Willocks

Judge Morris succeeded then Judge Harold W. L. Willocks

Ernest E. Morris, Jr. → Case Transfer → Alphonso G. Andrews, Jr.

Cases reassigned from Judge Morris to Judge Andrews

Key Quotes (2)

"ORDERED that, pursuant to Title 4, Virgin Islands Code, Section 72b(a), all 15 cases... shall be and are reassigned to the Complex Litigation Division to be presided over by the Complex Litigation Division Judge, Honorable Alphonso G. Andrews, Jr."

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Quote #1

"WHEREAS the undersigned concludes it is in the best interest of judicial efficiency that all such cases should be managed as complex cases within the Complex Litigation Division"