The VI Carnival Committee, Inc. v. VI Department of Tourism, et al
Plaintiff: The VI Carnival Committee, Inc.
Defendant: VI Department of Tourism, Joseph Boschulte, Ian Turnbull and Halvor Hart
Case Number: 3:2022cv00019
Filed: March 28, 2022
Court: US District Court for the District of Virgin Islands
Presiding Judge: Ruth Miller
Referring Judge: Robert A Molloy
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Cause of Action: 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Civil Rights Act
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
May 24, 2022 Filing 46 MOTION to Strike #45 Reply to by Defendants Joseph Boschulte, Halvor Hart, Ian Turnbull, VI Department of Tourism. Motions referred to Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller. (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order Proposed Order) (Velazquez, Venetia)
May 24, 2022 Filing 45 REPLY to re #44 Trial Brief filed by Defendant Joseph Boschulte, Defendant Ian Turnbull, Defendant Halvor Hart filed by Plaintiff The VI Carnival Committee, Inc.. Responses due by 6/6/2022 (Griffiths, Terri)
May 13, 2022 Filing 44 TRIAL BRIEF Defendants' Post-Hearingl Brief by Joseph Boschulte, Halvor Hart, Ian Turnbull. (Velazquez, Venetia)
May 4, 2022 Filing 43 NOTICE Of Inaccurate Mailing Address by The VI Carnival Committee, Inc. re #42 Mail Returned (Griffiths, Terri)
May 4, 2022 Filing 42 Mail Returned as Undeliverable Re #28 Summons and 29 CLERK'S NOTICE to Parties. Mail sent to Terri L. Griffiths. (IW)
May 3, 2022 Filing 41 TRANSCRIPT REQUEST by Joseph Boschulte for proceedings held on April 7-8, 2022 before Judge Robert A. Molloy.. (Velazquez, Venetia)
April 30, 2022 Filing 40 Post Hearing Brief by The VI Carnival Committee, Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A (Incontestable marks), #2 Exhibit B (Governor affidavit)) (Griffiths, Terri) (JC).
April 19, 2022 Filing 39 NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by Plaintiff The VI Carnival Committee, Inc. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A (Redline Complaint), #2 Exhibit B (Clean copy), #3 Text of Proposed Order) (Griffiths, Terri)
April 19, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 38 ORDER (RAM) Plaintiff's Motion for Enlargement of Time, ECF #36 , is hereby GRANTED. The deadline for Plaintiff to file its brief is EXTENDED to May 1, 2022. The timeframes for the parties to file a response and a reply SHALL remain the same. (This is a TEXT-ONLY entry. There is no PDF document associated with this entry.) (KMS)
April 19, 2022 Filing 37 Response re #36 MOTION to Continue for eight days filed by Defendants Joseph Boschulte, Halvor Hart, Ian Turnbull, VI Department of Tourism. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit) (Velazquez, Venetia)
April 19, 2022 Filing 36 MOTION to Continue for eight days by Plaintiff The VI Carnival Committee, Inc.. Motions referred to Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller. (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order) (Griffiths, Terri)
April 15, 2022 Filing 35 First MOTION to Amend Complaint by Plaintiff The VI Carnival Committee, Inc.. Motions referred to Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1 (Redline Complaint), #2 Exhibit 2 (Clean 1st A complaint), #3 Text of Proposed Order, #4 Exhibit Exhibit List, #5 Exhibit A (Registrations), #6 Exhibit B (Marketing Logos), #7 Exhibit C(1) Sked, #8 Exhibit C(2) Sked, #9 Exhibit D (GVI letters), #10 Exhibit E (IG letter), #11 Exhibit F (IG Audit Letter), #12 Exhibit H (Jn-Baptiste letter, #13 Exhibit I (vendor list), #14 Exhibit J (Board Minutes), #15 Exhibit K (Hart letter), #16 Exhibit L (Boschulte letter), #17 Exhibit M (response), #18 Exhibit N (TM letter), #19 Exhibit O, #20 Exhibit P (SPR email), #21 Exhibit Q (food fair), #22 Exhibit R (value)) (Griffiths, Terri)
April 13, 2022 Filing 34 SUMMONS Returned Executed by The VI Carnival Committee, Inc.. VI Department of Tourism served on 3/29/2022, answer due 4/19/2022. (Attachments: #1 Affidavit Process Server Affidavit) (Griffiths, Terri)
April 13, 2022 Filing 33 SUMMONS Returned Executed by The VI Carnival Committee, Inc.. Ian Turnbull served on 4/5/2022, answer due 4/26/2022. (Attachments: #1 Affidavit process server affidavit) (Griffiths, Terri)
April 13, 2022 Filing 32 SUMMONS Returned Executed by The VI Carnival Committee, Inc.. Joseph Boschulte served on 4/5/2022, answer due 4/26/2022. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Process Server Affidavit) (Griffiths, Terri)
April 13, 2022 Filing 31 SUMMONS Returned Executed by The VI Carnival Committee, Inc.. Halvor Hart served on 4/5/2022, answer due 4/26/2022. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Process Server Affidavit) (Griffiths, Terri)
April 13, 2022 Filing 30 SUMMONS Returned Executed by The VI Carnival Committee, Inc.. Ian Turnbull served on 3/28/2022, answer due 4/18/2022. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Process Server Affidavit) (Griffiths, Terri)
April 13, 2022 Filing 29 CLERK'S NOTICE to Parties of Consent and Reference of A Civil Action to Magistrate Judge with a copy of Notice attached to the summons. (IW)
April 13, 2022 Filing 28 Summons Issued as to Governor Albert Bryan. (IW)
April 13, 2022 Filing 27 NOTICE SUMMONS by The VI Carnival Committee, Inc. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A (SUMMONS)) (Griffiths, Terri)
April 13, 2022 Filing 26 NOTICE Return of Service by The VI Carnival Committee, Inc. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit (A) Affidavits) (Griffiths, Terri)
April 13, 2022 NOTICE OF CORRECTED DOCKET ENTRY: Incorrect Filing. Filer is instructed to refile utilizing the Event "Summons Returned Executed". The main document is the summons with proof of service and the Affidavit is an attachment. Each return should be filed as a separate docket entry. Re: #26 Notice (Other). (IW)
April 8, 2022 Filing 25 Minute Entry for proceedings held before Chief Judge Robert A. Molloy: Evidentiary Hearing held on 4/8/2022. (Court Reporter Persha Warner.) (CAB)
April 7, 2022 Filing 24 Minute Entry for proceedings held before Chief Judge Robert A. Molloy: Evidentiary Hearing held on 4/7/2022. (Court Reporter Persha Warner.) (CAB)
April 7, 2022 Filing 23 Process Receipt and Return Executed, as to Governor Albert Bryan c/o Denise George. (EMK)
April 7, 2022 Filing 22 Process Receipt and Return Executed, as to Joseph Boschulte. (EMK)
April 7, 2022 Filing 21 Process Receipt and Return Executed, as to Halvor Hart. (EMK)
April 6, 2022 Filing 20 Opposition to Motion re #8 MOTION for Hearing TRO filed by Defendants Joseph Boschulte, Halvor Hart, Ian Turnbull, VI Department of Tourism. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit) (Velazquez, Venetia)
April 6, 2022 Filing 19 Opposition to Motion re #8 MOTION for Hearing TRO filed by Defendants Joseph Boschulte, Halvor Hart, Ian Turnbull, VI Department of Tourism. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit) (Velazquez, Venetia)
April 6, 2022 Filing 18 Opposition to Motion re #8 MOTION for Hearing TRO filed by Defendants Joseph Boschulte, Halvor Hart, Ian Turnbull, VI Department of Tourism. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit, #2 Exhibit, #3 Exhibit, #4 Exhibit, #5 Exhibit, #6 Exhibit, #7 Exhibit, #8 Exhibit) (Velazquez, Venetia)
April 6, 2022 Filing 17 Opposition to Motion re #8 MOTION for Hearing TRO filed by Defendants Joseph Boschulte, Halvor Hart, Ian Turnbull, VI Department of Tourism. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit, #2 Exhibit, #3 Exhibit, #4 Exhibit, #5 Exhibit, #6 Exhibit, #7 Exhibit, #8 Exhibit, #9 Exhibit, #10 Exhibit, #11 Exhibit, #12 Exhibit, #13 Exhibit, #14 Exhibit, #15 Exhibit) (Velazquez, Venetia)
April 6, 2022 Filing 16 Opposition to Motion re #8 MOTION for Hearing TRO filed by Defendants Joseph Boschulte, Halvor Hart, Ian Turnbull, VI Department of Tourism. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit, #2 Exhibit, #3 Exhibit, #4 Exhibit, #5 Exhibit, #6 Exhibit, #7 Exhibit) (Velazquez, Venetia)
April 6, 2022 Filing 15 NOTICE by Joseph Boschulte, Halvor Hart, Ian Turnbull, VI Department of Tourism (Velazquez, Venetia)
April 6, 2022 Filing 14 NOTICE LIMITED NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Joseph Boschulte, Halvor Hart, Ian Turnbull, VI Department of Tourism (Smith-Francois, Ariel)
April 6, 2022 Filing 13 NOTICE of Appearance by Venetia H. Velazquez on behalf of Defendants Joseph Boschulte, Halvor Hart, Ian Turnbull, VI Department of Tourism (Velazquez, Venetia)
April 6, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 12 ORDER(RAM) The preliminary injunction hearing previously scheduled for 9:00 A.M. on April 7, 2022 is hereby RESCHEDULED to commence promptly at 10:00 A.M. on April 7, 2022 in STT Courtroom 1 before Chief Judge Robert A. Molloy. (This is a TEXT ENTRY ONLY. There is no PDF document associated with this entry.) (CMO)
April 1, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 10 ORDER(RAM) For the reasons set forth herein, VICC's motion, ECF #8 is GRANTED to the extent that it seeks a hearing, and DENIED to the extent that it seeks a temporary restraining order. A preliminary injunction hearing is hereby SCHEDULED to commence promptly at 9:00 A.M. on April 7, 2022 in STT Courtroom 1 before Chief Judge Robert A. Molloy. The United States Marshal Service shall SERVE a copy of this Order on all defendants. (CMO)
March 30, 2022 Filing 9 NOTICE of Actual Service on Individual Defendants by The VI Carnival Committee, Inc. (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order, #2 Text of Proposed Order) (Griffiths, Terri)
March 29, 2022 Filing 8 MOTION for Hearing TRO by Plaintiff The VI Carnival Committee, Inc.. Motions referred to Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A (Attorney Certification), #2 Exhibit B (SPR), #3 Exhibit C (trademarks), #4 Exhibit D (DOT letter and response), #5 Exhibit E (anniversary), #6 Exhibit F, #7 Exhibit G (Callender), #8 Exhibit H (Festival juxtapose)) (Griffiths, Terri)
March 29, 2022 Filing 7 CLERK'S NOTICE to Parties of Consent and Reference of A Civil Action to Magistrate Judge with a copy of Notice attached to each summons (IW)
March 29, 2022 Filing 6 Summons Issued as to Governor Albert Bryan, Virgin Islands Attorney General Denise George. (IW)
March 29, 2022 Filing 5 Summons Issued as to Halvor Hart. (IW)
March 29, 2022 Filing 4 Summons Issued as to Ian Turnbull. (IW)
March 29, 2022 Filing 3 Summons Issued as to Joseph Boschulte. (IW)
March 28, 2022 Filing 2 NOTICE Corporate Disclosure by The VI Carnival Committee, Inc. (Griffiths, Terri)
March 28, 2022 Filing 1 COMPLAINT VERIFIED against All Defendants ( Filing fee $ 402 receipt number AVIDC-992549.)filed by V.I. Carnival Committee. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A (Touism letter), #2 Exhibit B (VICC response), #3 Exhibit C (poster), #4 Exhibit D (poster), #5 Civil Cover Sheet, #6 Exhibit SUMMONS) (Griffiths, Terri)
March 28, 2022 NOTICE OF CORRECTED DOCKET ENTRY: Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 7.1, Plaintiff The VI Carnival Committee, Inc. is required to file a Disclosure Statement. Re: #1 Complaint. (IW)

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Plaintiff: The VI Carnival Committee, Inc.
Represented By: Terri L. Griffiths
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Defendant: VI Department of Tourism
Represented By: Ariel Marie Smith-Francois
Represented By: Venetia H. Velazquez
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Defendant: Joseph Boschulte
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Defendant: Ian Turnbull
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