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District Court of the Virgin Islands
District Court of the Virgin Islands
(D.V.I.)
Location	Charlotte Amalie More locations Christiansted;
Appeals to	Third Circuit
Established	1936
Authority	Article IV tribunal
Created by	48 U.S.C. §§ 1611–1617
Composition method	Presidential nomination; with Senate advice and consent
Judges	2
Judge term length	10 years (and until successor is chosen and qualified)
Chief Judge	Robert A. Molloy
Officers of the court
U.S. Attorney	Delia L. Smith
	www.vid.uscourts.gov

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The District Court of the Virgin Islands^[1] (in case citations, D.V.I.) is a United States territorial court with jurisdiction over federal and diversity actions in the United States Virgin Islands, a United States territory and more specifically an insular area that is an unincorporated organized territory. The court sits in both St. Croix and St. Thomas. Unlike their counterparts on other United States district courts, judges on the District Court of the Virgin Islands do not have life tenure, as the court is not an Article III court. Instead, the court is an Article IV court, created pursuant to Congress's Article IV, Section 3 powers. Judges serve for terms of ten years at a time, and until a successor is chosen and qualified.^[2] Appeals of the court's decisions are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia.^[3]^[4]

The District Court used to have jurisdiction over all local civil actions brought in the Virgin Islands, but in 1976 the Virgin Islands Legislature—as allowed by the Revised Organic Act of 1954—gave a portion of this jurisdiction to the former Territorial Court of the Virgin Islands, at that time the local trial court. The jurisdiction of the Territorial Court was expanded to all civil actions in 1990. Similarly, the Legislature gave the Territorial Court jurisdiction over certain criminal actions brought under Virgin Islands law in 1985 and expanded that jurisdiction to all criminal cases in 1993, although the United States Attorney may still bring certain criminal actions in the District Court in some circumstances. In 2004 the Territorial Court was renamed the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands.

Before the creation of the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands in 2007, the Appellate Division of the District Court heard appeals from the Superior Court in three-judge panels. From 2007, the Supreme Court hears these appeals exclusively, with its decisions subject to review by the United States Supreme Court if that court decides to grant certiorari.

The current United States attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands is Delia L. Smith.

Current judges

As of April 27, 2021^[update]:

#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Term of service			Appointed by
#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Active	Chief	Senior	Appointed by
12	Chief Judge	Robert A. Molloy	Charlotte Amalie	1975	2020–present	2021–present	—	Trump
11	District Judge	Wilma A. Lewis	Christiansted	1956	2011–present	2013–2021	—	Obama
10	Senior Judge	Curtis V. Gómez	inactive	1953	2005–2020	2005–2013	2020–present	G.W. Bush

Vacancy and pending nomination

Seat	Prior judge's duty station	Seat last held by	Vacancy reason	Date of vacancy	Nominee	Date of nomination
—	Christiansted	Wilma A. Lewis	Term expired	November 10, 2021	–	–

Former judges

#	Judge	State	Born–died	Active service	Chief Judge	Senior status	Appointed by	Reason for termination
1	George Philip Jones^[5]^[6]^[7]	VI	1877–1954	1936–1937	—	—	F. Roosevelt	expiration of recess appointment
2	William H. Hastie	VI	1904–1976	1937–1939	—	—	F. Roosevelt	resignation
3	Herman E. Moore^[8]	VI	1892–1980	1939–1957	—	—	F. Roosevelt	retirement
4	Walter A. Gordon	VI	1894–1976	1958–1968	—	—	Eisenhower	expiration of term
5	Almeric L. Christian^[9]^[10]	VI	1919–1999	1969–1990	1971–1988	1990–1993	Nixon	retirement
6	Warren H. Young^[11]^[12]	VI	1916–1980	1971–1980	—	—	Nixon	death
7	David V. O'Brien^[13]^[14]^[15]	VI	1932–1989	1981–1989	1988–1989	—	Reagan	death
8	Thomas K. Moore^[10]^[16]	VI	1938–	1992–2005	1992–1999	—	G.H.W. Bush	expiration of term
9	Raymond L. Finch	VI	1940–2023	1994–2008	1999–2005	2008–2018	Clinton	retirement

References

^ "48 U.S. Code § 1614 – Judges of District Court". Legal Information Institute. Cornell Law School. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
^ 48 U.S.C. § 1614
^ 48 U.S.C. § 1613a
^ "Virgin Islands Law Component Outline Material" (PDF). Virgin Islands Supreme Court. March 2018. p. v. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
^ Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America 1939.
^ "Minnesota Democracy Is Proud of Its Leaders", The Saint Paul Globe (August 3, 1902), p. 23, 28.
^ "George P. Jones, 1904 Convention Delegate, Dies", Star Tribune (December 14, 1954), p. 20.
^ Studies in the History of the United States Courts of the Third Circuit.
^ "Judge Almeric Christian Dies". stjohnsource.com. September 1999. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "PN725—Thomas K. Moore—The Judiciary". www.congress.gov. June 26, 1992. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
^ The Federal reporter. Second series, Volume 568.
^ "Obituary: Warren H. Young", New York Daily News (June 7, 1980), p. 15.
^ "PN815—David V. O'Brien—The Judiciary". www.congress.gov. November 5, 1981. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
^ "PN1220—Raymond L. Finch—The Judiciary". www.congress.gov. May 6, 1994. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
^ "David V. O'Brien, Federal Judge, 57". The New York Times. December 26, 1989. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
^ "Thomas K Moore, United States District Court for the District of the US Virgin Islands: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com.

External links

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[USC1614-1] "48 U.S. Code § 1614 – Judges of District Court". Legal Information Institute. Cornell Law School. Retrieved August 25, 2017.

[2] 48 U.S.C. § 1614

[3] 48 U.S.C. § 1613a

[4] "Virgin Islands Law Component Outline Material" (PDF). Virgin Islands Supreme Court. March 2018. p. v. Retrieved May 16, 2023.

[5] Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America 1939.

[6] "Minnesota Democracy Is Proud of Its Leaders", The Saint Paul Globe (August 3, 1902), p. 23, 28.

[7] "George P. Jones, 1904 Convention Delegate, Dies", Star Tribune (December 14, 1954), p. 20.

[8] Studies in the History of the United States Courts of the Third Circuit.

[9] "Judge Almeric Christian Dies". stjohnsource.com. September 1999. Retrieved June 23, 2019.

[auto-10] "PN725—Thomas K. Moore—The Judiciary". www.congress.gov. June 26, 1992. Retrieved June 23, 2019.

[11] The Federal reporter. Second series, Volume 568.

[12] "Obituary: Warren H. Young", New York Daily News (June 7, 1980), p. 15.

[13] "PN815—David V. O'Brien—The Judiciary". www.congress.gov. November 5, 1981. Retrieved June 23, 2019.

[14] "PN1220—Raymond L. Finch—The Judiciary". www.congress.gov. May 6, 1994. Retrieved June 23, 2019.

[15] "David V. O'Brien, Federal Judge, 57". The New York Times. December 26, 1989. Retrieved June 23, 2019.

[16] "Thomas K Moore, United States District Court for the District of the US Virgin Islands: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com.

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@@ Line 22: / Line 22: @@
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 | term_length       = 10 years (and until successor is chosen and qualified)
-| chief             = [[Wilma A. Lewis]]
+| chief             = [[Robert A. Molloy]]
-| us_attorney       = [[Gretchen Shappert]]
+| us_attorney       = [[Delia L. Smith]]
-| us_marshal        = [[James E. Clark]]
+| us_marshal        =
 | official_site     = {{URL|http://www.vid.uscourts.gov/}}
 }}
-The '''District Court of the Virgin Islands'''<ref name=USC1614>{{cite web|title=48 U.S. Code § 1614 - Judges of District Court|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/48/1614|website=[[Legal Information Institute]]|publisher=Cornell Law School|access-date=25 August 2017}}</ref> (in [[case citation]]s, '''D.V.I.''') is a [[United States territorial court]] with jurisdiction over federal and diversity actions in the [[United States Virgin Islands]], a [[United States territory]] and more specifically an [[insular area]] that is an [[Territories of the United States|unincorporated organized territory]]. The court sits in both [[Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands|St. Croix]] and [[Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands|St. Thomas]]. Unlike [[United States district court]]s, [[United States federal judge#Non-Article III judges|judges]] on the District Court of the Virgin Islands do not have [[life tenure]], as the court is not an [[Article I and Article III tribunals|Article III court]]. Instead, the court is an [[Article I and Article III tribunals|Article IV court]], created pursuant to [[United States Congress|Congress']]s [[Article Four of the United States Constitution|Article IV, Section 3]] powers. Appeals of the court's decisions are taken to the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit]] in [[Philadelphia]].
+The '''District Court of the Virgin Islands'''<ref name=USC1614>{{cite web|title=48 U.S. Code § 1614 – Judges of District Court|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/48/1614|website=[[Legal Information Institute]]|publisher=Cornell Law School|access-date=25 August 2017}}</ref> (in [[case citation]]s, '''D.V.I.''') is a [[United States territorial court]] with jurisdiction over federal and diversity actions in the [[United States Virgin Islands]], a [[United States territory]] and more specifically an [[insular area]] that is an [[Territories of the United States|unincorporated organized territory]]. The court sits in both [[Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands|St. Croix]] and [[Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands|St. Thomas]]. Unlike their counterparts on other [[United States district court]]s, [[United States federal judge#Non-Article III judges|judges]] on the District Court of the Virgin Islands do not have [[life tenure]], as the court is not an [[Article I and Article III tribunals|Article III court]]. Instead, the court is an Article IV court, created pursuant to [[United States Congress|Congress']]s [[Article Four of the United States Constitution|Article IV, Section 3]] powers. Judges serve for terms of ten years at a time, and until a successor is chosen and qualified.<ref>{{UnitedStatesCode|48|1614}}</ref> Appeals of the court's decisions are taken to the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit]] in [[Philadelphia]].<ref>{{UnitedStatesCode|48|1613a}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | publisher = Virgin Islands Supreme Court | url = https://cdnsm5-hosted.civiclive.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_12810860/File/Court%20Rules/Virgin%20Islands%20Law%20Component.pdf | title = Virgin Islands Law Component Outline Material | date = March 2018 | access-date = 2023-05-16 | page = v}}</ref>
-The District Court used to have jurisdiction over all local civil actions brought in the Virgin Islands, but in 1976 the [[Virgin Islands Legislature]]&mdash;as allowed by the [[Revised Organic Act of 1954]]&mdash;gave a portion of this jurisdiction to the former Territorial Court of the Virgin Islands, at that time the local trial court.  The jurisdiction of the Territorial Court was expanded to all civil actions in 1990.  Similarly, the Legislature gave the Territorial Court jurisdiction over certain criminal actions brought under Virgin Islands law in 1985 and expanded that jurisdiction to all criminal cases in 1993, although the [[United States Attorney]] may still bring certain criminal actions in the District Court in some circumstances. In 2004 the Territorial Court was renamed the [[United States Virgin Islands Superior Court|Superior Court of the Virgin Islands]].
+The District Court used to have jurisdiction over all local civil actions brought in the Virgin Islands, but in 1976 the [[Virgin Islands Legislature]]—as allowed by the [[Revised Organic Act of 1954]]—gave a portion of this jurisdiction to the former Territorial Court of the Virgin Islands, at that time the local trial court.  The jurisdiction of the Territorial Court was expanded to all civil actions in 1990.  Similarly, the Legislature gave the Territorial Court jurisdiction over certain criminal actions brought under Virgin Islands law in 1985 and expanded that jurisdiction to all criminal cases in 1993, although the [[United States Attorney]] may still bring certain criminal actions in the District Court in some circumstances. In 2004 the Territorial Court was renamed the [[United States Virgin Islands Superior Court|Superior Court of the Virgin Islands]].
 Before the creation of the [[United States Virgin Islands Supreme Court|Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands]] in 2007, the Appellate Division of the District Court heard appeals from the Superior Court in three-judge panels. From 2007, the Supreme Court hears these appeals exclusively, with its decisions subject to review by the [[United States Supreme Court]] if that court decides to grant ''[[certiorari]]''.
-The current '''United States Attorney''' for  the District of the Virgin Islands is [[Gretchen Shappert]].
+The current '''United States attorney''' for  the District of the Virgin Islands is [[Delia L. Smith]].
 == Current judges ==
 <onlyinclude>
-{{As of|2020|04|27|df=US}}:
+{{As of|2021|04|27|df=US}}:
 {{start U.S. judgeship Current}}
-{{U.S. judgeship row Current|
-  index=11|
-  title=Chief Judge|
-  name=[[Wilma A. Lewis]]|
-  duty station=[[Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands|Christiansted]]|
-  born=1956|
-  term=2011–present|
-  chief term=2013–present|
-  senior term=—|
-  appointer=[[List of federal judges appointed by Barack Obama|Obama]]
-}}
 {{U.S. judgeship row Current
  | index        = 12
- | title        = District Judge
+ | title        = Chief Judge
  | name         = [[Robert A. Molloy]]
  | duty station = [[Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands|Charlotte Amalie]]
  | born         = 1975
  | term         = 2020–present
- | chief term   = —
+ | chief term   = 2021–present
  | senior term  = —
  | appointer    = [[List of federal judges appointed by Donald Trump|Trump]]
 }}
-{{U.S. judgeship row Current|
+{{U.S. judgeship row Current
-  index=9|
+ | index        = 11
-  title=Senior Judge|
+ | title        = District Judge
+ | name         = [[Wilma A. Lewis]]
-  name=Raymond Lawrence Finch<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000024727686&view=1up&seq=607 Confirmation hearings on federal appointments: hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, first session on confirmations of appointees to the federal judiciary.]</ref>|
-  duty station=''inactive''|
+ | duty station = [[Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands|Christiansted]]
-  born=1940|
+ | born         = 1956
+ | term         = 2011–present
-  term=1994–2011|
-  chief term=1999–2005|
+ | chief term   = 2013–2021
-  senior term=2011–present|
+ | senior term  = —
-  appointer=[[List of federal judges appointed by Bill Clinton|Clinton]]
+ | appointer    = [[List of federal judges appointed by Barack Obama|Obama]]
 }}
 {{U.S. judgeship row Current|
-  index=10|
+ | index        = 10
-  title=Senior Judge|
+ | title        = Senior Judge
-  name=[[Curtis V. Gómez]]|
+ | name         = [[Curtis V. Gómez]]
-  duty station=''inactive''|
+ | duty station = ''inactive''
-  born=1953|
+ | born         = 1953
-  term=2005–2020|
+ | term         = 2005–2020
-  chief term=2005–2013|
+ | chief term   = 2005–2013
-  senior term=2020–present|
+ | senior term  = 2020–present
-  appointer=[[List of federal judges appointed by George W. Bush|G.W. Bush]]
+ | appointer    = [[List of federal judges appointed by George W. Bush|G.W. Bush]]
 }}
 {{end U.S. judgeship Current}}</onlyinclude>
+== Vacancy and pending nomination ==
+{| class=wikitable
+! Seat
+! Prior judge's duty station
+! Seat last held by
+! Vacancy reason
+! Date of vacancy
+! Nominee
+! Date of nomination
+|-
+| —
+| [[Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands|Christiansted]]
+| [[Wilma A. Lewis]]
+| Term expired
+| November 10, 2021
+| align="center" | {{sort|0|–}}
+| align="center" | {{sort|0|–}}
+|}
 == Former judges ==
@@ Line 91: / Line 100: @@
 {{U.S. judgeship row Former|
   index=1|
-  name=George Philip Jones<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=7HFNAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA840&lpg=PA840 Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America 1939]</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/84112691/ ''The Saint Paul Globe'', August 3, 1902]</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=13114210&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjE4Mjc1NDU4MSwiaWF0IjoxNTg5NzI5MDIwLCJleHAiOjE1ODk4MTU0MjB9.CAuRSihNQf-Y5mCps6z0KLVLpg_WJoeEHrQI7fZg4AM ''Star Tribune'', December 14, 1954]</ref>|
+  name=[[George Philip Jones]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=7HFNAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA840 Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America 1939].</ref><ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/image/84112691/ Minnesota Democracy Is Proud of Its Leaders]", ''The Saint Paul Globe'' (August 3, 1902), p. 23, 28.</ref><ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117800033/george-p-jones-dies/ George P. Jones, 1904 Convention Delegate, Dies]", ''Star Tribune'' (December 14, 1954), p. 20.</ref>|
   state=[[Virgin Islands|VI]]|
   borndied=1877–1954|
@@ Line 102: / Line 111: @@
 {{U.S. judgeship row Former|
   index=2|
-  name=[[William H. Hastie|William Henry Hastie]]|
+  name=[[William H. Hastie]]|
   state=[[Virgin Islands|VI]]|
   borndied=1904–1976|
@@ Line 113: / Line 122: @@
 {{U.S. judgeship row Former|
   index=3|
-  name=Herman E. Moore<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=4EIAsKD9DbYC&pg=PA275&lpg=PA275 Studies in the History of the United States Courts of the Third Circuit]</ref>|
+  name=[[Herman E. Moore]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=4EIAsKD9DbYC&pg=PA275 Studies in the History of the United States Courts of the Third Circuit].</ref>|
   state=[[Virgin Islands|VI]]|
   borndied=1892–1980|
@@ Line 124: / Line 133: @@
 {{U.S. judgeship row Former|
   index=4|
-  name=[[Walter A. Gordon|Walter Arthur Gordon]]|
+  name=[[Walter A. Gordon]]|
   state=[[Virgin Islands|VI]]|
   borndied=1894–1976|
@@ Line 135: / Line 144: @@
 {{U.S. judgeship row Former|
   index=5|
-  name=Almeric Leander Christian<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stjohnsource.com/1999/09/01/judge-almeric-christian-dies/|title=Judge Almeric Christian Dies|website=stjohnsource.com|access-date=June 23, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/102nd-congress/724?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22virgin+islands%22%5D%7D&s=3&r=17|title=PN725—Thomas K. Moore—The Judiciary|website=www.congress.gov|access-date=June 23, 2019}}</ref>|
+  name=[[Almeric L. Christian]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stjohnsource.com/1999/09/01/judge-almeric-christian-dies/|title=Judge Almeric Christian Dies|website=stjohnsource.com|date=September 1999|access-date=June 23, 2019}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/102nd-congress/724?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22virgin+islands%22%5D%7D&s=3&r=17|title=PN725—Thomas K. Moore—The Judiciary|website=www.congress.gov|date=June 26, 1992|access-date=June 23, 2019}}</ref>|
   state=[[Virgin Islands|VI]]|
   borndied=1919–1999|
@@ Line 146: / Line 155: @@
 {{U.S. judgeship row Former|
   index=6|
-  name=Warren H. Young<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=YLGRAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA755&lpg=PA755 The Federal reporter. Second series, Volume 568]</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/485351707/ ''Daily News'', June 7, 1980]</ref>|
+  name=[[Warren H. Young]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=YLGRAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA755 The Federal reporter. Second series, Volume 568].</ref><ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118226210/warren-h-young/ Obituary: Warren H. Young]", ''New York Daily News'' (June 7, 1980), p. 15.</ref>|
   state=[[Virgin Islands|VI]]|
   borndied=1916–1980|
@@ Line 157: / Line 166: @@
 {{U.S. judgeship row Former|
   index=7|
-  name=David Vincent O'Brien<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/97th-congress/815?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22virgin+islands%22%5D%7D&s=3&r=2|title=PN815—David V. O'Brien—The Judiciary|website=www.congress.gov|access-date=June 23, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/103rd-congress/1220?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22virgin+islands%22%5D%7D&s=3&r=19|title=PN1220—Raymond L. Finch—The Judiciary|website=www.congress.gov|access-date=June 23, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/26/obituaries/david-v-o-brien-federal-judge-57.html|title=David V. O'Brien, Federal Judge, 57|website=www.nytimes.com|access-date=June 23, 2019}}</ref>|
+  name=[[David V. O'Brien]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/97th-congress/815?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22virgin+islands%22%5D%7D&s=3&r=2|title=PN815—David V. O'Brien—The Judiciary|website=www.congress.gov|date=November 5, 1981|access-date=June 23, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/103rd-congress/1220?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22virgin+islands%22%5D%7D&s=3&r=19|title=PN1220—Raymond L. Finch—The Judiciary|website=www.congress.gov|date=May 6, 1994|access-date=June 23, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/26/obituaries/david-v-o-brien-federal-judge-57.html|title=David V. O'Brien, Federal Judge, 57|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 26, 1989|access-date=June 23, 2019}}</ref>|
   state=[[Virgin Islands|VI]]|
   borndied=1932–1989|
@@ Line 168: / Line 177: @@
 {{U.S. judgeship row Former|
   index=8|
+  name=[[Thomas K. Moore]]<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/3056208|title=Thomas K Moore, United States District Court for the District of the US Virgin Islands: Profile and Biography|website=Bloomberg.com}}</ref>|
-  name=Thomas Kail Moore<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/102nd-congress/724?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22virgin+islands%22%5D%7D&s=3&r=17|title=PN725—Thomas K. Moore—The Judiciary|website=www.congress.gov|access-date=June 23, 2019}}</ref><ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/3056208 Bloomberg: Thomas K Moore]</ref>|
   state=[[Virgin Islands|VI]]|
   borndied=1938–|
@@ Line 176: / Line 185: @@
   appointer=[[List of federal judges appointed by George H. W. Bush|G.H.W. Bush]]|
   termination=expiration of term|
+}}
+{{U.S. judgeship row Former|
+ | index        = 9
+ | name         = [[Raymond L. Finch]]
+ | state        = [[Virgin Islands|VI]]
+ | borndied     = 1940–2023
+ | term         = 1994–2008
+ | chief term   = 1999–2005
+ | senior term  = 2008–2018
+ | appointer    = [[List of federal judges appointed by Bill Clinton|Clinton]]
+ | termination  = retirement
 }}
 {{end U.S. judgeship Former}}
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 [[Category:1936 establishments in the United States Virgin Islands]]
 [[Category:Courts and tribunals established in 1936]]
-{{US-law-stub}}

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