VIRGIN ISLANDS RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE Rule 2. Suspension of Rules

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Rule 2. Suspension of Rules

In the interest of expediting decision, or for other good cause shown, the Court, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands, or any panel of the Court acting through its presiding Justice, may suspend the requirements or provisions of any of these Rules in a particular case on their own motion or on application of a party, specifying in an order the procedure required, except that the time for filing a notice of appeal or a request for permission to appeal through certification, out of time, or as otherwise prescribed by law, may only be enlarged pursuant to Rule 5.

Amendment History

Amended to replace the phrase "appellate panel" with the phrase "panel of the Court." See S. Ct...