DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Plaintiff, 
v. 
SHAWN BERNARD TYSON and  
NATASHA NATILE FRANCE, 
Defendants. 
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Case Nos. 3:19-cr-0009  
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ORDER 
 
THIS MATTER came before the Court for sentencing hearings held on October 7, 
2020. At those hearings, the United States (“Government”) argued that the firearms relevant 
to this case qualified as semiautomatic firearms under U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(a)(4)(B)(I). In the 
alternative, the Government also argued that the firearms qualified as rifles under 26 
U.S.C.§ 5845(a) and thus, a base offense level of 20 is warranted in this case under USSG 
§ 2K2.1(a)(4)(B)(II). Defendant Tyson requested a continuance to provide the Court with 
supplemental briefing on the firearms issue. The parties also requested the opportunity to 
brief the Court on the issues of relevant conduct and concurrent versus consecutive 
sentencing.1  
The premises considered, it is hereby 
 
ORDERED that, no later than October 21, 2020, Defendant Tyson shall file a 
supplemental brief addressing the following three issues: (1) the extent to which the Court 
should consider relevant conduct regardless of whether the Defendant was acquitted of such 
conduct; (2) whether the Court should impose any sentence in this matter concurrently or 
consecutively, pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 5G1.2; and (3) whether any of the firearms relevant to 
this case qualify as a rifle under 26 U.S.C. § 5845(a) and U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(a)(4)(B)(II). 
Defendant France shall be permitted to participate in this briefing schedule to the extent that 
she wishes to do so; it is further 
 
1 Pursuant to Local Rules, briefs may not exceed twenty pages in length. LRCi 7.1(d). 
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ORDERED that, no later than October 26, 2020, the Government shall file a 
response to Defendant Tyson’s brief; it is further 
ORDERED that there shall be no further briefing unless authorized by the court; and 
it is further 
ORDERED that the sentencing hearings in this matter, which commenced on October 
7, 2020, are hereby SCHEDULED to resume promptly at 10:00 A.M. on October 30, 2020.  
 
 
Dated: October 9, 2020 
 
s/  Robert A. Molloy  
 
 
 
  
 
                                         ROBERT A. MOLLOY 
 
 
  
 
                                         District Judge 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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