DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Plaintiff, 
v. 
PEDRO RAMOS-GUERRA and  
CARLOS ALBERTO CUEVAS-ALMONTE, 
Defendants. 
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Case No. 3:19-cr-0076 
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APPEARANCES: 
 
DELIA SMITH, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY 
ADAM FRANCIS SLEEPER, ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY 
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE 
ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 
 
FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
 
MATTHEW A. CAMPBELL, FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER 
KIA DANIELLE SEARS, ASSISTANT FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER 
OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER 
ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 
 
FOR DEFENDANT PEDRO RAMOS-GUERRA 
 
JOSEPH A. DIRUZZO, III, ESQ.  
DIRUZZO & COMPANY 
FT. LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA 
 
FOR DEFENDANT CARLOS ALBERTO CUEVAS-ALMONTE 
 
ORDER 
 
BEFORE THE COURT is Defendant Carlos Alberto Cuevas-Almonte’s (“Cuevas-
Almonte”) Motion to Declare DHS’s Touhy Regulations Inapplicable, [or] in the alternative, 
to Declare 5 U.S.C. § 301 Unconstitutional & Invalidate 6 C.F.R. § 5.41 et seq. (ECF No. 57.) For 
the reasons stated in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion of even date, it is hereby 
ORDERED that Defendant Carlos Cuevas-Almonte’s Motion to Declare DHS’s Touhy 
Regulations Inapplicable, [or] in the alternative, to Declare 5 U.S.C. § 301 Unconstitutional & 
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Invalidate 6 C.F.R. § 5.41 et seq., ECF No. 57, is DENIED.  
 
Dated: February 14, 2023  
/s/ Robert A. Molloy  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
ROBERT A. MOLLOY 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Judge 
 
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