DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
UNITED STATES, 
Plaintiff, 
v. 
BETEL AUGUSTO ROSARIO PAULINO, 
Defendant. 
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Case No. 3:17-cr-0023 
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APPEARANCES: 
 
Delia L. Smith, United States Attorney 
Meredith Jean Edwards, AUSA 
United States Attorney’s Office 
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands 
 
For the United States of America, 
 
Lorenzo Palomares Starbuck 
Palomares Starbuck and Associates  
Miami, Florida 
 
For Defendant Rosario Paulino. 
 
ORDER 
THIS MATTER comes before the Court on Defendant Betel Augusto Rosario Paulino’s 
(“Rosario Paulino”) motion to amend the pending motion to vacate under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 
petition, filed pro se at ECF No. 374, and his amended petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, filed 
through counsel, ECF No. 377. For the reasons stated in the accompanying Memorandum 
Opinion of even date, it is hereby 
ORDERED that Defendant Rosario Paulino’s motion to amend, ECF No. 374, is 
GRANTED; it is further 
ORDERED that Rosario Paulino’s amended petition to vacate sentence under 28 
U.S.C. § 2255, ECF No. 377, is DENIED; and it is further 
ORDERED that a certificate of appealability is DENIED. 
 
Dated: July 15, 2022  
 
/s/ Robert A. Molloy  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
ROBERT A. MOLLOY 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Judge 
Case: 3:17-cr-00023-RAM-RM   Document #: 391   Filed: 07/15/22   Page 1 of 1