The administrator of Courts Regina Petersen advises the general public and members of the Virgin Islands Bar that the Judicial Branch of the Virgin Islands will recognize the following holiday schedule for the remainder of the 2022 calendar year and the upcoming holiday season.
December 23, 2022: Administrative Leave
All Judicial Branch employees will be granted administrative leave from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
December 26, 2022: Boxing Day (holiday)
Holiday – Closed
December 30, 2022: New Year’s Eve (observed)
All Judicial Branch employees will be granted administrative leave from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
January 2, 2023: New Year’s Day (observed)
All Judicial Branch employees will be granted administrative leave from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
January 3, 2023: Inaugural Festivities – STJ only
Judicial Branch employees residing on St. John will be granted administrative leave from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
January 4, 2023: Inaugural Festivities – St. Croix
Judicial Branch employees in the District of St. Croix will be granted administrative leave from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
January 5, 2023: Crucian Christmas Festival
Judicial Branch employees in the District of St. Croix will be granted administrative leave from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
January 6, 2023: Three Kings Day
Holiday – Closed
January 16, 2023: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Holiday – Closed
On the designated dates and times that the employees of the judiciary have been granted
administrative leave, all filings will continuously be accepted through the previously approved methods:
Supreme Court: The court’s electronic filing system; and a secured lockbox for non-electronic filers at the entrance of the Supreme Court’s premises at No. 161B Crown Bay, St. Thomas, and No. 18 Strand Street, Frederiksted, St. Croix.
Superior Court: The court’s electronic filing system; and in the St. Thomas-St. John District, filings (including those for the Magistrate Division) will be accepted via a secured lock box on the First Floor, East Wing entrance of the court’s premises at the Alexander A. Farrelly Justice Center. In the District of St. Croix, filings will be accepted via a secured lock box located at the entrance on the First Floor of the R.H. Amphlett Leader Justice Complex.
Members of the V.I. Bar in addition to pro-se litigants are reminded that they can access the Judiciary’s new e-Filing system through the unified portal for both the Supreme and Superior
Courts. This portal can be accessed by visiting https://usviefile.vicourts.org
For more information, contact:
Regina deChabert Petersen
Administrator of Courts
Judicial Branch of the Virgin Islands
P.O. Box 590
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands 00804
Tel: 774‐2237 Fax: 774‐2258 TTY: 693-4118
