Order Granting Service by Publication Entered July 24, 2025
United States District Court
for the District of Virgin Islands
St. Thomas Hospitality, LLC
Plaintiff(s)
v.
William Michael Hancock
Defendant(s)
Civil Action No. 3:25-cv-0017
SUMMONS IN A CIVIL ACTION
To: William Michael Hancock
2L Estate Bakkero
St. Thomas, VI 00802
A lawsuit has been filed against you.
Within 21 days after service of this summons on you (not counting the day you received it) — or 60 days if you are the United States or a United States agency, or an officer or employee of the United States described in Fed. R. Civ.
- 12 (a)(2) or (3) — you must serve on the plaintiff an answer to the attached complaint or a motion under Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The answer or motion must be served on the plaintiff or plaintiff’s attorney, whose name and address are:
Craig M. O’Shea, Esq.
DUDLEY NEWMAN FEUERZEIG LLP
1000 Frederiksberg Gade St. Thomas, VI 00802-6736
Telephone: (340) 774-4422
E-Mail: coshea@DNFvi.com
If you fail to respond, judgment by default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.
You also must file your answer or motion with the court.
GLENDA L. LAKE, ESQ.
CLERK OF COURT
Date: 04/16/2025
“NOTE: The defendant, if served personally, is required to file an answer or other defense with the Clerk of this Court, and to serve a copy thereof upon the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty-one (21) days after service of this summons, excluding the date of service. The defendant, if served by publication or by personal service outside this jurisdiction, is required to file an answer or other defense with the Clerk of this Court, and to serve a copy thereof upon the attorney for the plaintiff within thirty (30) days after the completion of the period of publication or personal service outside this jurisdiction.”
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