IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Plaintiff, 
v. 
MALACHI BENJAMIN, 
Defendant. 
) 
) 
) 
 
) 
 
) 
Case No. 3:19-cr-0080 
) 
) 
) 
) 
) 
 
ORDER 
 
BEFORE THE COURT is the Report and Recommendation of the magistrate judge 
recommending that the Court accept Malachi Benjamin’s (“Benjamin”) plea of guilty (ECF No. 
66) to Count One of the Indictment. After conducting a de novo review of the record and 
pursuant to Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, the Court finds that 
Defendant Benjamin entered his guilty plea knowingly and voluntarily, and that there was a 
factual basis for the plea. The Court, therefore, will adopt the Report and Recommendation 
and find Benjamin guilty as to Count One of the Indictment. Accordingly, it is hereby 
 
ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 66) is ADOPTED; it is 
further 
ORDERED that Defendant Malachi Benjamin’s plea of guilty as to Count One of the 
Indictment is ACCEPTED, and that Defendant Benjamin is adjudged GUILTY on that count; 
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 preliminary presentence 
report to the parties no later than December 21, 2020; it is further 
ORDERED that the parties shall submit any objections or corrections to the 
preliminary presentence report to the U.S. Probation Office no later than January 4, 2021; it 
is further 
Case: 3:19-cr-00080-RAM-RM   Document #: 69   Filed: 11/18/20   Page 1 of 2
United States v. Benjamin 
Case No. 3:19-cr-0080 
Order 
Page 2 of 2 
 
ORDERED that the U.S. Probation Office shall disclose the final presentence report to 
the parties and the Court no later than January 19, 2021; it is further 
ORDERED that the parties shall file their sentencing memoranda no later than 
January 26, 2021; it is further 
 
ORDERED that a sentencing hearing is SCHEDULED to commence promptly at 9:00 
A.M. on February 2, 2021, in STT Courtroom No. 1 before District Judge Robert A. Molloy.       
 
Date: November 18, 2020  
/s/_Robert A. Molloy_________ 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
ROBERT A. MOLLOY 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
District Judge 
Case: 3:19-cr-00080-RAM-RM   Document #: 69   Filed: 11/18/20   Page 2 of 2