IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. CROIX 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA                ) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Plaintiff, 
 
 
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CRIMINAL NO. 2008-0020 
 
 
v. 
 
 
 
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AMON THOMAS, NATHANIEL                 ) 
THOMAS, OKIMO MELIGAN, and            ) 
ANDREA SOTO                                            )  
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Defendants. 
 
 
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ORDER 
 
FINCH, J. 
 
THIS MATTER comes before the Court on Defendants’ Appeal From Magistrate Judge’s 
Order entered May 29, 2008 Granting Plaintiff’s Motion to Detain Defendants Pending Trial as 
to Amon Thomas, Nathaniel Thomas and Okimo Meligan.  For the reasons stated in the 
accompanying Memorandum Opinion, it is hereby 
ORDERED that Defendants’ Appeal From Magistrate Judge’s Order entered May 29, 
2008 Granting Plaintiff’s Motion to Detain Defendants Pending Trial as to Amon Thomas, 
Nathaniel Thomas and Okimo Meligan is DENIED.  It is further 
ORDERED that the Magistrate Judge’s Order entered May 29, 2008 is AFFIRMED.  It 
is further 
ORDERED that Defendants Amon Thomas, Nathaniel Thomas, and Okimo Meligan are 
committed to the custody of the Attorney General for confinement in a corrections facility 
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separate, to the extent practicable, from persons awaiting or serving sentences or being held in 
custody pending appeal.  It is further 
ORDERED that said Defendants are afforded reasonable opportunity for private 
consultation with counsel.  It is further 
ORDERED that upon order of a court of the United States or upon request of an attorney 
for the government, the federal Bureau of Prisons shall deliver said Defendants to the United 
States Marshal for the purpose of appearance in connection with a court proceeding. 
 
 
 
ENTERED this 23rd day of June, 2008. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HONORABLE RAYMOND L. FINCH 
 
U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE 
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