G. Alan Teague
How Judge Teague rules, drawn from 10 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Teague
G. Alan Teague serves as a United States Magistrate Judge in the St. Thomas and St. John Division of the District Court of the Virgin Islands. He earned degrees from Louisiana Tech University and Louisiana State University law school.
Judge Teague's practices and standing orders
The court's website lists no individual practices or standing orders of Judge Teague's own (checked October 9, 2026), so the court's local rules and general orders are the place to look (court page ↗).
Standing orders for every case in this court
Orders the court applies to all of its cases, whichever judge has them, as published on the court's website (checked October 9, 2026).
How Judge Teague decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
Local-rule compliance is enforced even in routine amendment requests: a proposed claim was rejected without prejudice because it appeared only in the clean pleading and was omitted from the required redlined version. Attorneys who skip the paperwork formalities can expect a procedural ruling rather than a decision on the substance.
“the Court will deny without prejudice the inclusion of the proposed breach of easement cause of action”
On motions to amend, the judge applies the liberal Rule 15 standard generously to add new claims (trespass and intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress theories were allowed on both sides of an easement dispute) while still screening out theories the Virgin Islands does not recognize: both parties' proposed negligent-infliction-of-emotional-distress claims were rejected as futile because Virgin Islands courts have not adopted that cause of action on facts like these.
“The only proposed causes of action found to be futile are those asserted by both parties alleging negligent infliction of emotional distress”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“ORDERED that Plaintiffs' Motion [ECF 88] is DENIED as MOOT.”
“ORDERED that Plaintiffs' Motion [ECF 107] to Amend Complaint is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART.”
“ORDERED that Defendants' Motion [ECF 108] to Amend Answer and Counterclaim is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART.”
“the Court RECOMMENDS that Plaintiff's motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunctive relief be DENIED.”
“I therefore recommend the plea of guilty be accepted and that Defendant be adjudged guilty and have sentence imposed accordingly.”
“I therefore recommend the plea of guilty be accepted and that Defendant be adjudged guilty and have sentence imposed accordingly.”
“I therefore recommend the plea of guilty be accepted and that Defendant be adjudged guilty and have sentence imposed accordingly.”
“I therefore recommend the plea of guilty be accepted and that Defendant be adjudged guilty and have sentence imposed accordingly.”
“I therefore recommend that the plea of guilty be accepted and that the Defendant be adjudged guilty and have sentence imposed accordingly.”
“I therefore recommend the plea of guilty be accepted and that Defendant be adjudged guilty and have sentence imposed accordingly.”
“For the reasons set forth below, the Court recommends that the District Court grant in part and deny in part Defendant’s motion.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The six sampled referred dockets include an easement dispute, a seaman’s injury suit, two foreclosures, a marina charter dispute, and a vessel arrest. Most sampled outcomes concern scheduling or procedural requests. The seaman’s summary judgment request was resolved by a recommendation later adopted by the district judge.
Pending matters in the official report
Reported by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts under the Civil Justice Reform Act, as of March 31, 2026.
| Motions pending more than six months | 47 |
| Bench trials submitted more than six months | 0 |
| Bankruptcy appeals pending more than six months | 0 |
| Social Security appeals pending more than six months | 0 |
| Civil cases pending more than three years | 0 |
| Report | Motions over six months | Cases over three years |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 47 | 0 |
| Sep 2025 | 39 | 0 |
| Mar 2025 | 40 | 0 |
| Sep 2024 | 0 | 0 |
A snapshot on that date: matters listed may since have been decided or reassigned. A motion referred to a magistrate judge is counted for both judges. Motions in multidistrict litigation, section 2255 cases and Social Security appeals are not counted, and a very large three-year count is generally a multidistrict docket. Source: Appendix A of the report (PDF); about the report.
How long civil cases take in this court
For the whole of U.S. District Court for the District of the Virgin Islands, Division of St. Thomas and St. John, not for Judge Teague: median time from filing to disposition of the civil cases the court closed in the 12 months ending September 30, 2025, as reported by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
| Cases | Median time | |
|---|---|---|
| All civil cases closed | 105 | 10.3 months |
| Closed with no court action | 62 | 5.5 months |
| Closed before pretrial | 15 | 10.8 months |
| Closed during or after pretrial | 27 | 25.7 months |
| Closed during trial | 1 | not reported |
| 12 months ending | Cases closed | Median time |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 105 | 10.3 months |
| Sep 2024 | 138 | 16 months |
| Sep 2023 | 145 | 20.4 months |
| Sep 2022 | 308 | 6.4 months |
| Sep 2021 | 280 | 6.2 months |
| Sep 2020 | 210 | 14.2 months |
| Sep 2019 | 131 | 14.8 months |
The table leaves out prisoner petitions, land condemnations, deportation reviews, recovery of overpayments and enforcement of judgments, and reports no median for fewer than 10 cases. A district that closed a large multidistrict litigation in the period shows very large counts and long medians for that year. Source: Table C-5, U.S. District Courts (spreadsheet).
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