Case: U.S. v. Virgin Islands

1:86-cv-00265 | District Court of the Virgin Islands

Filed Date: Oct. 23, 1986

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On May 28, 1985, the U.S. Department of Justice [DOJ] notified the Governor of the Virgin Islands that it was commencing an investigation of alleged unconstitutional conditions of confinement at the Golden Grove Adult Correctional Facility, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1997. The DOJ issued a findings letter on January 23, 1986, advising that it had reasonable cause to believe that inmates confined to the Golden Grove Adult…

On October 23, 1986, the DOJ filed suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1997 in the United States District Court for the District of the Virgin Islands, alleging unconstitutional conditions of confinement at the Golden Grove Adult Correctional Facility. The parties settled the case shortly thereafter and a formal Consent Decree was approved by the District Court (Judge O'Brien) on December 1, 1986. The Decree called for various reforms to Golden Grove Adult Correctional Facility in the areas of fire safety, security, sanitation and medical care.

Implementation of the specified reforms called for in the Consent Decree occurred for years. The DOJ employed a penology expert, John Dahm, to monitor compliance and to assist in development of a correction plan. Several enforcement and contempt motions filed by the DOJ followed over the years.

According to the docket, a Show Cause Hearing was held on February 8 - 10, 2006 before Magistrate Judge Cannon. On April 18, 2006, Judge Cannon granted the DOJ's motion to find defendant in contempt and appointed a Special Master.

On May 15, 2007, the Court again found the defendants in contempt. Throughout the next few years the parties engaged in numerous evidentiary disputes and, on September 12, 2011, the case was reassigned to Judge Wilma A. Lewis. On August 31, 2012, the parties filed a joint motion for settlement that prescribed prospective relief to resolve any remaining compliance issues within the correctional facility. On May 14, 2013, Judge Lewis granted the joint motion and adopted the settlement agreement as the court's order. The parties later agreed to Kenneth A. Ray as the monitor for the facility's remaining reforms. On December 30, 2014, the court held the defendants in contempt for failure to pay the Monitor's monthly fees as required by the court's order from June 6, 2014. As of June 14, 2021, the case is still ongoing and the monitor continues to file reports with the court.


1:86-cv-00265	Original Docket United States v. Government of the Virgin Islands	Sept. 23, 1993	Sept. 23, 1993 Docket
1:86-cv-00265	Docket [Pacer]	May 1, 2017	May 1, 2017 Docket
1 1:86-cv-00265	Complaint	Nov. 21, 1986	Nov. 21, 1986 Complaint
1:86-cv-00265	Consent Decree	Dec. 1, 1986	Dec. 1, 1986 Order/Opinion
16 1:86-cv-00265	Amended Implementation Plan	Sept. 22, 1987	Sept. 22, 1987 Pleading / Motion / Brief
21 1:86-cv-00265	Memorandum of Compliance Conference and Order (11-12--87)	Nov. 12, 1987	Nov. 12, 1987 Order/Opinion
22 1:86-cv-00265	Memorandum in Support of Motion for Order to Show Cause	Dec. 23, 1987	Dec. 23, 1987 Pleading / Motion / Brief
23 1:86-cv-00265	Motion for Order to Show Cause	Dec. 29, 1987	Dec. 29, 1987 Pleading / Motion / Brief
29 1:86-cv-00265	Motion for Contempt	March 18, 1988	March 18, 1988 Pleading / Motion / Brief
1:86-cv-00265	Order	March 24, 1988	March 24, 1988 Order/Opinion

ECF Number	Date	Description	Link
	Nov. 21, 1986	Jams Calendar Events
113	Feb. 6, 1996	ORDER ASSIGNS HEARING to 04/17/96 at 10:00AM Room 295 (JLR) c/m eod 02/23/96 (Entered: 02/06/1996)	RECAP
257	Aug. 12, 1996	NOTICE of motion (Document was filed in St. Thomas Division and received to St. Croix division on 10/5/06) (Entered: 08/12/1996)	RECAP
114	April 4, 1997	ORDER ASSIGNS CONF to 05/22/97 at 09:00AM Room 295 (JLR) c/m eod 04/07/97 [MWR] (Entered: 04/04/1997)	RECAP
115	July 24, 1997	STIPULATION of the parties eod 07/25/97 [MWR] (Entered: 07/24/1997)	RECAP
116	Sept. 5, 1997	NOTICE of filing six-week compliance report eod 09/09/97 [MWR] (Entered: 09/05/1997)	RECAP
117	Oct. 1, 1997	NOTICE OF FILING monthly compliance report eod 10/02/97 [MWR] (Entered: 10/01/1997)	RECAP
118	Nov. 10, 1997	VOLUME (7) SEVEN began with pleading #118 eod 11/10/97 [MWR] (Entered: 11/10/1997)	RECAP
119	Dec. 2, 1997	NOTICE OF FILING monthly compliance report 11/1997 eod 12/03/97 [MWR] (Entered: 12/02/1997)	RECAP
120	Jan. 14, 1998	NOTICE OF FILING monthly compliance report 12/97 eod 01/15/98 [MWR] (Entered: 01/14/1998)	RECAP
121	March 10, 1998	VOLUME (9) NINE eod 03/10/98 [MWR] (Entered: 03/10/1998)	RECAP
122	March 10, 1998	ORDER ASSIGNS CONF to 05/21/98 at 02:00PM Room 295 (JLR) c/m eod 03/11/98 [MWR] (Entered: 03/10/1998)	RECAP
123	May 21, 1998	MEMORANDUM of status / GRANTED (JLR) cc attys eod 05/22/98 [MWR] (Entered: 05/21/1998)	RECAP
124	Dec. 14, 1998	ORDER ASSIGNS CONF to 02/04/99 at 02:30PM Room 295 (JLR) c/m eod 12/15/98 [MWR] (Entered: 12/14/1998)	RECAP
125	Feb. 5, 1999	PTC ORDER FROM P/T ON Feb. 4, 1999 scheduling order entered, cc atty eod 02/08/99 [THT] (Entered: 02/05/1999)	RECAP
126	Sept. 9, 1999	ORDER ASSIGNS CONF to 11/04/99 at 02:30PM Room 295 (JLR) c/m eod 09/09/99 [MWR] (Entered: 09/09/1999)	RECAP
127	Nov. 5, 1999	ORDER (JLR) post conference entered cc attys eod 11/05/99 [MWR] (Entered: 11/05/1999)	RECAP
128	Nov. 30, 1999	ORDER (JLR) amending post conference order effectuation of a joint compliance coordinator is extended to 12/15/99 cc attys eod 12/02/99 [MWR] (Entered: 11/30/1999)	RECAP
129	Jan. 11, 2000	NOTICE of compliance report eod 01/14/00 [MWR] (Entered: 01/11/2000)	RECAP
130	June 12, 2000	STIPULATION for appointment of a joint compliance coordinator for health services GRANTED (JLR) cc attys eod 06/19/00 [MWR] (Entered: 06/12/2000)	RECAP
131	Aug. 4, 2000	ORDER ASSIGNS CONF (TELEPHONIC) to 08/17/00 at 03:00PM Room 295 (JLR) c/m eod 08/07/00 [MWR] (Entered: 08/04/2000)	RECAP
132	Aug. 18, 2000	ORDER ASSIGNS HEARING to 11/09/00 at 10:00AM Room 295 (JLR) c/m eod 08/18/00 [MWR] (Entered: 08/18/2000)	RECAP
133	Aug. 18, 2000	ORDER (JLR) Post Conference Order, cc counsel eod 08/24/00 [NAH] (Entered: 08/18/2000)	RECAP
134	Sept. 13, 2000	ORDER (JLR) on pltf motion to order Immediate Payment of the Joint Compliance Ccoordinator cc attys eod 09/15/00 [MWR] (Entered: 09/13/2000)	RECAP
135	Sept. 14, 2000	MOTION to order immmediate payment of joint compliance coordinator (see document #134) eod 09/15/00 [MWR] (Entered: 09/14/2000)	RECAP
136	Sept. 18, 2000	ORDER (JLR) that the Order to show cause for deft to appear and show cause on on Sept. 18, 2000 at 9:00 a.. is moot cc atty eod 09/21/00 [THT] (Entered: 09/18/2000)	RECAP
137	Nov. 28, 2000	ORDER (JLR) post conference entered eod 11/29/00 [MWR] (Entered: 11/28/2000)	RECAP
138	March 16, 2001	MOTION to order immediate payment of joint compliance coordinator eod 03/19/01 [MWR] (Entered: 03/16/2001)	RECAP
139	March 16, 2001	ORDER (JLR) on pltf motion to order immediate payment of the joint compliance coordinator cc attys eod 03/19/01 [MWR] (Entered: 03/16/2001)	RECAP
140	March 21, 2001	ORDER (JLR) cnacelling show cause hearing cc attys eod 03/22/01 [MWR] (Entered: 03/21/2001)	RECAP
141	June 11, 2001	ORDER (JLR) granting motion for withdrawal of Kelli Evans, Esq. cc attys eod 06/12/01 [MWR] (Entered: 06/11/2001)	RECAP
142	Nov. 28, 2001	ORDER ASSIGNS HEARING to 12/18/01 at 02:30PM Room 295 (JLR) c/m eod 11/30/01 [MWR] (Entered: 11/28/2001)	RECAP
143	Jan. 10, 2003	APPEARANCE of LaShqanda D. Branch Esq. for pltf eod 01/13/03 [MWR] (Entered: 01/10/2003)	RECAP
144	Jan. 13, 2003	ORDER ASSIGNS CONF to 02/27/03 at 02:00PM Room 295 (JLR) c/m eod 01/14/03 [MWR] (Entered: 01/13/2003)	RECAP
145	Feb. 27, 2003	APPEARANCE of Andrew J. Barrick, Esq. for pltf eod 02/28/03 [THT] (Entered: 02/27/2003)	RECAP
146	Sept. 25, 2003	STIPULATED agreement filed eod 10/08/03 [MWR] (Entered: 09/25/2003)	RECAP
147	Oct. 10, 2003	STIPULATED agreement filed eod 10/14/03 [MWR] (Entered: 10/10/2003)	RECAP
148	Oct. 14, 2003	ORDER (JLR) regarding stipulated agreement cc attys eod 10/15/03 [TS] (Entered: 10/14/2003)	RECAP
149	March 18, 2004	PROGRESS REPORT by deft (Entered: 03/18/2004)	RECAP
154	Nov. 8, 2004	MOTION for an order to show cause why defts should not be held in contempt (Entered: 11/08/2004)	RECAP
155	Nov. 8, 2004	MEMORANDUM of law in support of its motion for an order to show cause why deft should not be held in contempt (Entered: 11/08/2004)	RECAP
156	Nov. 8, 2004	MOTION of the US for leave to file exhibits under seal and for protective order (Entered: 11/08/2004)	RECAP
157	Nov. 8, 2004	MEMORANDUM in support of motion for leave to file exhibits under seal and for protective order (Entered: 11/08/2004)	RECAP
150	April 12, 2005	REQUEST FOR Emergency Hearing (Entered: 04/12/2005)	RECAP
151	July 28, 2005	ORDER (GWC) for response cc attys (Entered: 07/28/2005)	RECAP
153	Aug. 12, 2005	RESPONSE of the U.S. to inmate request for hearing (Entered: 08/12/2005)	RECAP
152	Aug. 15, 2005	MOTION TO DISMISS by defts (Entered: 08/15/2005)	RECAP
158	Nov. 21, 2005	NOTICE of substitution of counsel by pltf (Entered: 11/21/2005)	RECAP
159	Nov. 22, 2005	NOTICE of appearance of Co-Counsel for the United States by pltf (Entered: 11/22/2005)	RECAP
160	Nov. 23, 2005	ORDER (GWC) to withdraw,and that the United States Assistant James S. Carroll III shall appear on behalf of federal government in the instant case cc attys (Entered: 11/23/2005)	RECAP
161	Nov. 23, 2005	NOTICE of withdrawal by co-counsel for the United States by pltf (Entered: 11/23/2005)	RECAP
162	Nov. 23, 2005	NOTICE of unavailablity by DEFT. (Entered: 11/23/2005)	RECAP
163	Nov. 29, 2005	ORDER (GWC) for an order to show cause cc attys (Entered: 11/29/2005)	RECAP
165	Nov. 30, 2005	MOTION for enlargement of time by deft (Entered: 11/30/2005)	RECAP
164	Dec. 1, 2005	ORDER (GWC) for status conference and hearing for an order to show cause cc attys (Entered: 12/01/2005)	RECAP
166	Dec. 16, 2005	OPPOSITION response to United States Contempt motion (Entered: 12/16/2005)	RECAP
167	Dec. 19, 2005	ORDER (RLF) that the joint motion is Granted, cc attys (Entered: 12/19/2005)	RECAP
168	Dec. 20, 2005	OPPOSITION response to the United States' contempt motion by defts (Entered: 12/20/2005)	RECAP
169	Dec. 20, 2005	NOTICE to the court by pltf (Entered: 12/20/2005)	RECAP
170	Jan. 13, 2006	MOTION for enlargement of time (Entered: 01/13/2006)	RECAP
171	Jan. 13, 2006	NOTICE of service of interrogatories and requests for the production of documents (Entered: 01/13/2006)	RECAP
172	Jan. 17, 2006	REPLY memorandum of law in support of its motion for an order to show cause Why defts should not be held in contempt (Entered: 01/17/2006)	RECAP
173	Jan. 18, 2006	ORDER (GWC) continuing status conference on 2/8/06 @ 9:00 a.m. and February 9, 2006 @ 9:30 a.m. cc attys (Entered: 01/18/2006)	RECAP
174	Jan. 20, 2006	ORDER (GWC) that the pltf's motion is GRANTED, cc attys (Entered: 01/20/2006)	RECAP
175	Jan. 30, 2006	NOTICE of service of defts objections and responses and supplemental responses to pltfs interrogatories and document request by deft (Entered: 01/30/2006)	RECAP
176	Feb. 3, 2006	MOTION for mediationby defts (Entered: 02/03/2006)	RECAP
177	Feb. 6, 2006	ORDER ((GWC) on defts motion for mediation is DENIED cc attys (Entered: 02/06/2006)	RECAP
178	Feb. 6, 2006	ORDER (GWC) that defts motion in limine to exclude prisojners'declarations, stipulated agreement and corrective action plan is DENIED, cc attys (Entered: 02/06/2006)	RECAP
183	Feb. 6, 2006	OPPOSITION to the territory of the virgin islands motion for mediation by pltf (Entered: 02/06/2006)	RECAP
184	Feb. 6, 2006	OPPOSITION to the territory of the Virgin Islands motion in limine to exclude prisoners declaration, stipulated agreement and corrective action plan by pltf (Entered: 02/06/2006)	RECAP
185	Feb. 6, 2006	MOTION in limine to exclude prisoners declarations, stipulated agreement and corrective action plan by defts (Entered: 02/06/2006)	RECAP
179	Feb. 7, 2006	ORDER (GWC) regarding filing exhibits under seal and protective order cc attys (Entered: 02/07/2006)	RECAP
180	Feb. 7, 2006	EXHIBIT List (FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL)for show cause hearing commencing on 2/8/06 by pltf (Entered: 02/07/2006)	RECAP
181	Feb. 7, 2006	EXHIBIT List for show cause hearing commencing on 2/8/06 by pltf (Entered: 02/07/2006)	RECAP
182	Feb. 7, 2006	WITNESS LIST for show cause hearing commencing on 2/8/06 by pltf (Entered: 02/07/2006)	RECAP
186	Feb. 7, 2006	WITNESS LIST by defts (Entered: 02/07/2006)	RECAP
187	Feb. 7, 2006	EXHIBIT List by defts (Entered: 02/07/2006)	RECAP
188	Feb. 7, 2006	SUBPOENA issued to Rosaldo Horsford,Acting Warden (Entered: 02/07/2006)	RECAP
189	Feb. 7, 2006	SUBPOENA issued to Jennifer Charles (Entered: 02/07/2006)	RECAP
190	Feb. 7, 2006	SUBPOENA issued to Orsel Edney, Chief of security (Entered: 02/07/2006)	RECAP
191	Feb. 7, 2006	SUBPOENA issued to Dr. Yousef mustafa Ali (Entered: 02/07/2006)	RECAP
192	Feb. 7, 2006	SUBPOENA issued to Stephen McIntosh-Luis (Entered: 02/07/2006)	RECAP
193	Feb. 7, 2006	SUBPOENA issued to Stephen Mcintosh-Luis (Entered: 02/07/2006)	RECAP
194	Feb. 7, 2006	SUBPOENA issued to Dr. Yousef Mustafa Ali (Entered: 02/07/2006)	RECAP
195	Feb. 7, 2006	SUBPOENA issued to Orsel Edney,Cheif of Security (Entered: 02/07/2006)	RECAP
196	Feb. 7, 2006	SUBPOENA issued to Jennifer Charles (Entered: 02/07/2006)	RECAP
197	Feb. 7, 2006	SUBPOENA issued to Rosaldo Horsford, Acting Warden (Entered: 02/07/2006)	RECAP
198	Feb. 8, 2006	MOTION requesting taking of judicial notice by defts (Entered: 02/08/2006)	RECAP
199	Feb. 8, 2006	SUBPOENA issued to Stephanie McIntosh-Luis (Entered: 02/08/2006)	RECAP
200	Feb. 8, 2006	SUBPOENA issued to Nurse Qualey (Entered: 02/08/2006)	RECAP
201	Feb. 8, 2006	SUBPOENA issued to Officer Belardo (Entered: 02/08/2006)	RECAP
202	Feb. 8, 2006	SUBPOENA issued to Orsel Edney, Chief of security (Entered: 02/08/2006)	RECAP
203	Feb. 8, 2006	SUBPOENA issued to Orsel Edney, Cheif of security (Entered: 02/08/2006)	RECAP
204	Feb. 8, 2006	SUBPOENA issued to Rosaldo Horsford, Acting Warden (Entered: 02/08/2006)	RECAP
205	Feb. 8, 2006	SUBPOENA issued to Dr. Yousef Mustafa Ali (Entered: 02/08/2006)	RECAP
206	Feb. 8, 2006	SUBPOENA issued to Dr. Yousef Mustafa Ali (Entered: 02/08/2006)	RECAP
207	Feb. 8, 2006	SUBPOENA issued to Rosaldo Horsford, Acting Warden (Entered: 02/08/2006)	RECAP
208	Feb. 13, 2006	CTRM. MIN. show cause hearing held (GWC) (Ct.REPORTER C. Hasse on 2/8/06 (Entered: 02/13/2006)	RECAP
209	Feb. 13, 2006	CTRM. MIN. CONTINUATION of Show Cause Hearing held (CT.Reporter C. Haase) dated 2/9/06 (Entered: 02/13/2006)	RECAP
210	Feb. 13, 2006	CTRM. MIN. CONTINUANCE of Show Cause hearing held (CT. Reporter V. Lawrense Present) Dated 2/10/06 (Entered: 02/13/2006)	RECAP

Case: U.S. v. Virgin Islands

1:86-cv-00265 | District Court of the Virgin Islands

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