IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Plaintiff, 
v. 
CARLOS ALEXIS OLIVARES-TAVERAS, 
Defendant. 
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Case No. 3:25-cr-0067 
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ORDER 
 
THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the Report and Recommendation of the 
United States Magistrate Judge dated February 17, 2026, recommending that the Defendant’s 
plea of guilty to Count One of the Information, Illegal Entry by Alien into the United States, a 
violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1325(a)(1), and Count Two of the 
Information, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance, a violation of Title 
21, United States Code, Section 841(a)(1), be accepted, and the Defendant be adjudged guilty. 
(ECF No. 48.) Defendant filed a Notice of Non-Objection to the Report and Recommendation 
on February 18, 2026. (ECF No. 49.) Also before the Court is Defendant’s Unopposed Motion 
to Expedite Sentencing, also filed on February 18, 2026. (ECF No. 50.) Defendant’s counsel 
has communicated with counsel for the Government who advised that the Government has 
no objection to Defendant’s motion. Id. at 2. The parties are also willing to waive written 
sentencing recommendations and rely on oral allocution at sentencing. Id.  
Accordingly, after careful consideration and review, there being no objection to the 
motion, and in light of the circumstances of this case, it is hereby 
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ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation, ECF No. 48, is ADOPTED; it is 
further 
ORDERED that Defendant Carlos Alexis Oliveres-Taveras’ plea of guilty as to Count 
One and Count Two of the Information is ACCEPTED, and that Carlos Alexis Oliveres-Taveras 
is adjudged GUILTY on those counts; it is further 
ORDERED that Defendant Carlos Alexis Oliveres-Taveras’ Unopposed Motion to 
Expedite Sentencing, ECF No. 50, is GRANTED to the extent that the Court will expedite the 
sentencing hearing in this matter; it is further 
ORDERED that, pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 32(c)(1)(A), the U.S. Probation Office shall 
conduct a presentence investigation for the preparation of a presentence report; it is further 
ORDERED that the U.S. Probation Office shall disclose the final presentence report to 
the parties no later than March 19, 2026, it is further 
ORDERED that the parties are excused from filing a sentencing memorandum and 
will be allowed to allocute at the sentencing hearing; and it is further 
ORDERED that a sentencing hearing shall be held on March 24, 2026, at 9:00 A.M. 
in STT Courtroom No. 1.       
 
Dated: March 2, 2026 
 
/s/ Robert A. Molloy 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
ROBERT A. MOLLOY 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Judge 
 
 
 
 
 
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