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Court filing · July 2023

Court order denying USVI motion to strike JPMorgan defenses, July 2023

The presiding judge denies the Virgin Islands' motion to strike JPMorgan Chase's fifth through eighth defenses in its suit tied to a former executive, ruling they should not be stricken at the pleading stage.Machine-written summary

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS,

Plaintiff,

-v-

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff,

-v-

JAMES EDWARD STALEY,

Third-Party Defendant.

JED S. RAKOFF, U.S.D.J.:

22-cv-10904 (JSR)

ORDER

Plaintiff the United States Virgin Islands has moved to strike Defenses Fifth through Eighth set forth in the answer of defendant JP Chase Bank, N.A. See Dkt. 138, 139. The Court has received extensive briefing and oral argument on the motion. After full consideration, the Court denies the motion. Although the Court is skeptical that some or all of the defenses will survive summary judgment (let alone prevail at trial), the Court is satisfied they should not be stricken as a matter of pleading. An opinion setting forth the reasons for this ruling will issue in due course.

SO ORDERED.

New York, NY

N July /141c, 2023 JED S. RAKOFF, .S.D.J.

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