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(a) Stated sessions of the court or of its panels will be held at Philadelphia or at another place within the circuit commencing on such dates each month as the court designates, and in the Virgin Islands commencing at such dates as the court designates. Pursuant to request of the parties or order of the court, a Virgin Islands case may be heard at another place in the circuit. The stated sessions of the court in the Virgin Islands will be held in Charlotte Amalie in even-numbered years and in Christiansted in odd-numbered years unless the court directs otherwise.

(b) Special sessions may be held at any time or place within the circuit when so ordered by the court.

Notes

Prior Court Rules 3.2 and 3.3 have no counterpart in FRAP and are therefore classified as Miscellaneous. The rule has been revised to give the court the option to schedule its Virgin Islands sessions in months other than April and December. A reference to the "divisions" of this court has been changed to "panels." Otherwise, no substantive change from prior Court Rules 3.2 and 3.3 is intended. The rule has been revised so that the court may sit at other places within the circuit and may, in appropriate circumstances, reverse the place or alter the timing of the Virgin Islands sitting.

Source: 1988 Court Rules 3.2 and 3.3