IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Plaintiff, 
v. 
SAMMY MONELL-OSORIO and CARLOS 
CAEZ-TORRES, 
Defendants. 
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Case No. 3:22-cr-0017 
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ORDER 
 
BEFORE THE COURT is Defendant Sammy Monell-Osorio’s (“Osorio”) unopposed 
motion to continue the jury selection and trial currently scheduled for August 16, 2022. (ECF 
No. 64). For the reasons stated herein, Osorio’s motion is granted and the time to try this 
case is extended up to and including January 23, 2023. 
 
Osorio seeks to have his trial continued due to the unavailability of his attorney on 
August 15, 2022. The Court finds that this matter is not particularly unusual or complex or 
that the indictment was not necessarily delayed. Nor would the denial of Osorio’s request 
rise to the level of a ‘miscarriage of justice.’ However, from the outset of this matter, only one 
attorney has entered her appearance for Osorio, Assistant Federal Public Defender Melanie 
Turnbull. Because both co-defendants in this matter are on pretrial release, the Court finds 
that denying this continuance request would unreasonably deny Osorio continuity of 
counsel. See 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B). Therefore, weighing Osorio’s own request, and his 
interest in continuity of counsel, the Court finds that the ends of justice served by the 
granting of this continuance outweigh the interests of the public, and of Osorio and his 
codefendant Carlos Caez-Torres (“Torres”), in a speedy trial. Especially where Torres has 
also filed a waiver of his right to a speedy trial. See ECF No. 67. 
The premises considered, it is hereby 
ORDERED that Osorio’s motion to continue, ECF No. 64, is GRANTED; it is further 
ORDERED that Torres’ “motion waiver of speedy trial” is MOOT, because it requests 
no relief therein; it is further  
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ORDERED that the time beginning from the date of this order granting an extension 
through January 23, 2023, SHALL be excluded in computing the time within which the trial 
in this matter must be initiated pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161; it is further 
ORDERED that the parties SHALL each file a notice indicating their readiness for trial 
no later than January 11, 2023; it is further 
ORDERED that the parties SHALL file and serve a pre-trial brief no later than January 
16, 2023, which shall include the following: (a) proposed list of witnesses; (b) proposed list 
of exhibits; (c) estimated length of case-in-chief and case-in-defense; (d) proposed non-
standard voir dire questions; and (e) proposed non-standard jury instructions related to the 
elements of the charges and defenses; it is further 
ORDERED that the parties SHALL provide the Clerk of Court with a USB Flash Drive 
containing electronic versions of exhibits no later than January 18, 2023;1 and it is further 
ORDERED that the jury selection and trial in this matter previously scheduled for 
August 15, 2022, is hereby RESCHEDULED to commence promptly at 9:00 a.m. on January 
23, 2023, in St. Thomas Courtroom 1 before Chief Judge Robert A. Molloy. 
 
Dated: August 8, 2022 
 
/s/ Robert A. Molloy  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
ROBERT A. MOLLOY 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Judge 
 
1 Counsel are advised to consult with Court technical staff to determine the proper format for saving electronic 
versions of exhibits. The Government’s trial exhibits shall be labelled sequentially beginning with 
Government’s Exhibit 1. Defense exhibits shall be labelled sequentially beginning with Defense Exhibit A. 
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