DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. CROIX 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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EZRA THOMAS, 
 
 
 
 
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Petitioner, 
 
 
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v. 
 
 
 
 
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Civil Action No. 2016-00018 
GOVERNMENT OF THE   
 
 
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VIRGIN ISLANDS,1 
 
 
 
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Respondent.  
 
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Appearances: 
Ezra Thomas, Pro Se 
 
 
ORDER 
 
 
UPON CONSIDERATION of Petitioner Ezra Thomas’s “Petition” (Dkt. No. 1); 
Magistrate Judge George W. Cannon Jr.’s Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) (Dkt. No. 12); 
and for the reasons set forth in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion filed contemporaneously 
herewith; it is hereby  
ORDERED that Magistrate Judge Cannon’s R&R (Dkt. No. 12) is ACCEPTED AS 
MODIFIED in the Memorandum Opinion; and it is further 
ORDERED that Ezra Thomas’s “Petition” (Dkt. No. 1) is DISMISSED WITH 
PREJUDICE; and it is further  
ORDERED that the Court DECLINES to issue a Certificate of Appealability for failure 
to satisfy the legal standard set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2); and it is further 
 
1 In the caption of his handwritten “Complaint,” Petitioner labeled himself as the defendant and 
the “Government of the Virgin Islands” as the plaintiff.  Given that Petitioner, who is proceeding 
pro se, likely made this mistake without understanding his error, the Court has reversed the labels. 
 
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ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall provide a copy of this Order and its 
accompanying Memorandum Opinion to Ezra Thomas by certified mail, return receipt requested; 
and it is further 
ORDERED that the Clerk of Court is directed to mark the case CLOSED. 
SO ORDERED. 
Date: August 28, 2020 
 
 
 
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WILMA A. LEWIS 
Chief Judge 
 
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