IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
FOR THE DISTRICT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
:
CRIMINAL ACTION 
 
:
 
v. 
:
NO. 3:19-79-4 
 
:
 
MALACHI BENJAMIN 
:
 
 
 
ORDER 
 
AND NOW, this 25th day of June 2024, following our study of Judge Miller’s Report and 
Recommendation (ECF No. 1152), we adopt Defendant Malachi Benjamin’s knowing and 
voluntary guilty plea to Count 10 of the Third Superseding Indictment (ECF No. 555) charging 
him with possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, without objection due 
yesterday, and relying on Judge Miller’s thoughtful assessment Defendant Benjamin entered his 
guilty plea knowingly and voluntarily, it is ORDERED we: 
1. 
APPROVE AND ADOPT Judge Miller’s Report and Recommendation (ECF 
No. 1152);  
2. 
Accept Defendant Benjamin’s plea and find him GUILTY of Count 10 of the 
Third Superseding Indictment (ECF No. 555); and, 
3. 
Schedule sentencing in a separate Order allowing for a pre-sentence investigation 
report and briefing.  
 
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KEARNEY, J. 
Case: 3:19-cr-00079-MAK-RM     Document #: 1159     Filed: 06/25/24     Page 1 of 1