Legal Opinion

Brunn v. Dowdye

Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands

Decided October 11, 2013No. S. Ct. Civil No. 2011-0085PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

(October 11, 2013)

Cabret, Associate Justice.

Caroley Brunn appeals from the Superior Court’s October 20, 2009 Opinion and Order, which sua sponte dismissed her claims against the Government of the Virgin Islands. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In a May 9, 2008 Judgment and Commitment, the Superior Court adjudicated Joel Dowdye guilty of first-degree murder and numerous other charges stemming from the March 25, 2006, shooting death of his ex-girlfriend, Sherett James. At the time of the shooting, the Virgin Islands Police…

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