IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Plaintiff, 
v. 
MELIK PETERSEN, 
Defendant. 
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Case No. 3:19-cr-0060 
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ORDER 
 
BEFORE THE COURT is the Report and Recommendation of the magistrate judge 
recommending that the Court accept Melik Petersen’s (“Petersen”) plea of guilty (ECF No. 
60) to Count Eight of the Indictment, charging a violation of 14 V.I.C. § 295. After conducting 
a de novo review of the record and pursuant to Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal 
Procedure, the Court finds that Defendant Petersen entered his guilty plea knowingly and 
voluntarily, and that there was a factual basis for the plea. The Court, therefore, will adopt 
the Report and Recommendation and find Petersen guilty as to Count Eight of the Indictment. 
Accordingly, it is hereby 
 
ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 60) is ADOPTED; it is 
further 
ORDERED that Defendant Melik Petersen’s plea of guilty as to Count Eight of the 
Indictment is ACCEPTED, and that Defendant Petersen is adjudged GUILTY on that count; it 
is further 
 
ORDERED that, pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 32(c)(1)(A), the U.S. Probation Office shall 
conduct a presentence investigation for the preparation of a presentence report; it is further 
 
ORDERED that the U.S. Probation Office shall disclose the preliminary presentence 
report to the parties no later than December 11, 2020; it is further 
ORDERED that the parties shall submit any objections or corrections to the 
preliminary presentence report to the U.S. Probation Office no later than December 28, 2020; 
it is further 
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ORDERED that the U.S. Probation Office shall disclose the final presentence report to 
the parties and the Court no later than January 14, 2021; it is further 
ORDERED that the parties shall file their sentencing memoranda no later than 
January 28, 2021; it is further 
 
ORDERED that a sentencing hearing shall be held on Thursday, February 4, 2021, at 
9:00 A.M. in STT Courtroom No. 1.       
 
Date: October 22, 2020 
 
/s/_Robert A. Molloy_________ 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
ROBERT A. MOLLOY 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
District Judge 
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