DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Plaintiff, 
v. 
SAMUEL ELIAS PENA COLUMNA and 
RAMMER ANDRES GUERRERO-MORALES 
Defendants. 
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Criminal No. 2019-65 
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ATTORNEYS: 
 
Gretchen C.F. Shappert, United States Attorney 
George A. Massucco-LaTaif, AUSA 
Juan Albino, AUSA 
United States Attorney’s Office 
St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. 
 
For the United States of America, 
 
Michael L. Sheesley 
MLSPC  
St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. 
 
For Samuel Elias Pena Columna, 
 
Yohana M Manning  
Christiansted, U.S.V.I. 
 
For Rammer Andres Guerrero-Morales. 
 
ORDER 
GÓMEZ, J. 
 
On December 9, 2019, the Court held a status conference in 
this matter. At that status conference, the Court and the 
parties discussed the omnibus hearing set for December 11, 2019. 
Rammer Andres Guerrero-Morales (“Guerrero-Morales”) confirmed 
that he does not have any pending motions to suppress requiring 
resolution at that hearing. Additionally, counsel for Guerrero-
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Morales indicated that Guerrero-Morales waives his presence at 
that hearing. As such, Guerrero-Morales requests that he and his 
counsel be excused from appearing at the December 11, 2019, 
omnibus hearing in this matter.  
The premises considered, it is hereby 
ORDERED that Guerrero-Morales’s motion to be excused from 
the December 11, 2019, omnibus hearing is GRANTED. 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
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Curtis V. Gómez 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
District Judge 
 
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