DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Plaintiff, 
v. 
MICHAEL A. LEWIS, 
Defendant. 
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Case No. 3:15-cr-0036 
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ATTORNEYS: 
 
Gretchen C.F. Shappert, United States Attorney 
Meredith Edwards, AUSA 
United States Attorney’s Office 
St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. 
 
For the United States of America, 
 
Michael A. Lewis 
Salters, S.C. 
 
pro se. 
ORDER 
BEFORE THE COURT is the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge. 
(ECF No. 81.) For the reasons stated in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion of even 
date, the Court will adopt the Report and Recommendation and deny Michael A. Lewis’ 
(“Lewis”) Motion Under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence by a Person 
in Federal Custody.” (ECF No. 62.) Accordingly, it is hereby 
 
ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation, ECF No. 81, is ADOPTED; it is 
further 
 
ORDERED that Lewis’ Motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct 
Sentence by a Person in Federal Custody, filed at ECF No. 62, is DENIED; it is further 
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United States v. Lewis 
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Memorandum Opinion 
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ORDERED that a certificate of appealability is DENIED; it is further 
 
ORDERED that all pending motions are MOOT; it is further 
 
ORDERED that a copy of this Order and the Memorandum Opinion, ECF No. 88, shall 
be served on Michael A. Lewis by certified mail return receipt requested and that a copy of 
the return receipt shall be filed on the docket; and it is further 
 
ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall CLOSE the companion civil case of Lewis v. 
United States, Case No. 3:17-cv-0014. 
 
Date: March 24, 2022 
 
/s/ Robert A. Molloy ______ 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
ROBERT A. MOLLOY 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Judge 
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