DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Plaintiff, 
v. 
PAUL GIRARD, SHAQUAN PRENTICE, 
ROBERT BROWN, WAHILLI JAMES, 
SHAQUIELLE CORREA, JAMES CRUZ, 
KAREEM HARRY, TYLER EUGENE, 
ETHERNEAL SIMON, SHERMYRA GUMBS, 
WAYNE BELLILLE, 
Defendants. 
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Criminal No. 2018-30 
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ATTORNEYS: 
 
Gretchen C.F. Shappert, United States Attorney 
George A Massucco-LaTaif, AUSA 
Meredith Jean Edwards, AUSA 
Juan Albino, AUSA 
United States Attorney’s Office 
St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. 
 
For the United States of America, 
 
Ryan W. Greene 
St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. 
 
For Paul Girard, 
 
Adriane J. Dudley 
Malorie Diaz 
Dudley Rich Davis LLP  
St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. 
 
For Shaquan Prentice, 
 
Renee Marie Andre 
Law Offices of Marjorie Rawls-Roberts PC  
St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. 
 
For Robert Brown, 
 
 
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Alex Omar Rosa-Ambert 
Rosa-Ambert Law Offices   
San Juan, PR 
 
For Wahilli James, 
 
Jason Gonzalez-Delgado 
Hato Rey, PR 
 
For Shaquielle Correa, 
 
Miguel Oppenheimer  
San Juan, PR 
 
For James Cruz, 
 
Kye Walker 
St. Croix, U.S.V.I. 
Frantz J. McLawrence  
The McLawrence Law Firm  
Fort Lauderdale, Fl 
 
For Kareem Harry, 
 
Richard F. Farrelly 
Law Offices of Birch DeJongh & Hindels PLLC 
St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. 
 
For Tyler Eugene, 
 
Richard H. Dollison 
Michall Joseph LaRochell 
Law Offices of Richard H. Dollison PC 
St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. 
 
For Etherneal Simon, 
 
Kendys Pimentel-Soto 
Kendys Pimentel-Soto Law Office LLC 
San Juan, PR 
 
For Shermyra Gumbs, 
 
Alexander Golubitsky  
Alex Golubitsky P.C. 
St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. 
 
For Wayne Bellille. 
 
 
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ORDER 
 
GÓMEZ, J. 
 
The Court has held several status conferences in this 
matter addressing efforts to facilitate the Defendants’ access 
to discovery at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Guaynabo, 
Puerto Rico (“MDC Guaynabo”). Most recently, on November 7, 
2019, the Court held a status conference in which the Court and 
the parties discussed ongoing issues hampering the Defendants’ 
access to discovery at MDC Guaynabo. During that conference, 
defense counsel expressed concerns that their clients were not 
being permitted sufficient access to the discovery room at MDC 
Guaynabo due to various security concerns and practical or other 
difficulties. 
 
The resolution of discovery issues in this case has been 
made more challenging without the input of representatives from 
MDC Guaynabo who possess: (1) knowledge of what accommodations 
are currently being provided to facilitate the Defendants’ 
access to discovery; and, (2) authority to provide appropriate 
accommodations to facilitate the Defendants’ access to discovery 
in this case.   
 
The premises considered, it is hereby 
 
ORDERED that the status conference in this matter 
previously scheduled to commence at 9:00 A.M. on November 19, 
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2019, is hereby RESCHEDULED to commence promptly at 10:30 A.M. 
on November 19, 2019; and it is further 
 
ORDERED that the United States shall, through such process 
as is necessary, procure the attendance of such representatives 
from the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons who possess: 
(1) knowledge of what accommodations are currently being 
provided to facilitate the Defendants’ access to discovery; and, 
(2) the authority to provide appropriate accommodations to 
facilitate the Defendants’ access to discovery in this case.   
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
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Curtis V. Gómez 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
District Judge 
 
 
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