2010 Annual Report - Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands

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MAGISTRATE DIVISION The Magistrate Division consists of no fewer than two magistrates per judicial district and other officers and employees as the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court considers necessary for the proper administration and performance of duties and functions of the division (Title 4 V.I. Code Ann. § 121). Additionally, in accordance with Title 4 V.I. Code Ann. § 123 and 124, each Magistrate may: 1. Administer oaths’ and affirmations and issue civil and criminal process, including warrants of arrest, search warrants, subpoenas and orders for: release on bail, detention of persons pending trial and for contempt; 2. Take acknowledgements, affidavits and depositions; 3. Conduct marriages; 4. Hear all non-felony traffic offenses, litter cases, misdemeanor criminal cases (maximum punishment not more than six (6) months imprisonment; arraignment and probable cause hearings in any criminal or traffic offense; small claims cases and probate matters; 55 5. Issue temporary and permanent restraining orders in domestic violence cases; and, 6. Hear forcible entry and detainer and landlord and tenant actions. Also, upon designation by a judge of the Superior Court, pursuant to the rules of the Court, a magistrate may: 1. Hear and determine any pretrial matter pending before the court; and, 2. Conduct hearings. The statistics indicated below reflect annual case statistics of the Magistrate Division for Fiscal Year 2010 and represents each judicial district. They reflect case filings, terminations and pending cases for each case type under the purview of the Magistrate Division:
1000 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 MAGISTRATE DIVISION District of St. Thomas/St. John - FY 2010 Filed Terminated Pending Criminal Non - Jury 194 180 51 Small Claims 765 892 162 Evictions 245 274 37 Probate 115 112 489 DV 203 178 105 MAGISTRATE DIVISION District of St. Croix - FY 2010 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 Filed Terminated Pending Criminal Non- Jury 1 37 309 Small Claims 672 719 138 Evictions 199 186 53 Probate 83 91 172 DV 352 351 19 56
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