DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. CROIX 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
) 
RONALD E. GILLETTE,  
 
 
) 
 
 
 
 
) 
Plaintiff, 
 
 
) 
 
 
 
 
)  
 
 
 
v. 
 
 
 
 
)  
Civil Action No. 2014-0110   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
)  
 
DIANE PROSPER, Warden of the Golden  
) 
Grove Adult Correctional Facility, in her   
) 
individual and official capacities; JULIUS  
) 
WILSON, Director of the Virgin Islands   
) 
Bureau of Corrections, in his individual and  
) 
official capacities; and TERRITORY OF   
) 
THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, and ERIC HOLDER, ) 
in his individual capacity and in his official 
) 
capacity as the Attorney General of the United 
) 
States of America, 
 
 
 
 
) 
 
 
 
 
) 
 
 
 
Defendants.  
 
) 
__________________________________________) 
Appearances: 
Joseph A. DiRuzzo, III, Esq., 
Fort Lauderdale, FL 
 
For Plaintiff 
 
Shari N. D’Andrade, Esq., 
St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. 
 
For Defendants 
ORDER 
UPON CONSIDERATION of the Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) issued by 
Magistrate Judge George W. Cannon, Jr. (Dkt. No. 61), wherein the Magistrate Judge recommends 
that this Court grant Defendants’ Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (Dkt. No. 27) and deny 
as moot Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Dkt. No. 14), Plaintiff’s Motion to File an 
Over-Length Brief (Dkt. No. 15), Plaintiff’s Motion to Strike Affirmative Defenses (Dkt. No. 23), 
Case: 1:14-cv-00110-WAL-EAH   Document #: 86   Filed: 09/02/20   Page 1 of 2
2 
 
and Plaintiff’s Motions to Take Judicial Notice (Dkt. Nos. 20; 40; 48); and for the reasons set forth 
in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion filed contemporaneously herewith; it is hereby  
ORDERED that Magistrate Judge Cannon’s Report and Recommendation (Dkt. No. 61) 
is ACCEPTED AS MODIFIED, in the Memorandum Opinion; and it is further 
ORDERED that Defendants’ Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (Dkt. No. 27) is 
GRANTED; and it is further 
ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Dkt. No. 14) is DENIED 
AS MOOT; and it is further 
ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion to File an Over-Length Brief (Dkt. No. 15) is DENIED 
AS MOOT; and it is further 
ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motions to Take Judicial Notice (Dkt. Nos. 20; 40; 48) are 
DENIED AS MOOT; and it is further 
ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion to Strike Affirmative Defenses (Dkt. No. 23) is 
DENIED AS MOOT. 
SO ORDERED. 
Date: September 2, 2020      
 
 
_______/s/_______ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
WILMA A. LEWIS 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Judge 
 
Case: 1:14-cv-00110-WAL-EAH   Document #: 86   Filed: 09/02/20   Page 2 of 2