This matter is before the Court on the December 4, 2008 Emergency Petition for Stay Pending Appeal filed by Rodney E. Miller, Sr., (hereafter "Miller") and the December 5, 2008 Emergency Petition for Stay of Order Pending Appeal filed by Attorneys William J. Glore(hereafter "Glore") and Charles J. Grant (hereafter "Grant").1 Petitioners seek a stay of the Superior Court's November 26, 2008 order holding Petitioner Miller in civil contempt and requiring him and his attorneys to pay a combined $1.1 million into the court's registry by December 9 and December 10, 2008 respectively. As required by Supreme Court Rule 8(b), Petitioner Miller filed a stay pending appeal with the Superior Court on December 1, 2008, and Petitioners Glore and Grant also requested a stay from the trial court by a joint motion dated December 3, 2008. In a December 8, 2008 order, this Court granted Petitioners a partial, temporary stay of the Superior Court's November 26, 2008 order until such time as we ruled upon Petitioners' respective emergency petitions. In an order entered on December 9, 2008, the Superior Court denied Petitioners' request for a stay pending appeal.2 The Respondent, the People of the Virgin Islands (hereafter "People") submitted an opposition to Petitioners' motions on December 9, 2008, and a supplemental opposition on December 10, 2008, and Petitioners Glore and Grant filed a reply on December 22, 2008.
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