Charles Walker v. Government of the Virgin Islands Edwin Harris, Warden of the Bureau of Corrections

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• holding that District Court properly determined it was without jurisdiction to grant habeas relief under § 1303 to prisoner convicted in Territorial Court
• holding that the V.I. District Court’s original jurisdiction to hear local matters was implicitly repealed by the placement of original jurisdiction over all local civil actions into the hands of the territorial court

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