DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. CROIX 
 
RONNIE GARCIA,  
 
 
 
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Plaintiff, 
 
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v. 
 
 
 
 
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Civil Action No. 23-00007 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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CRUZAN VIRIL, LTD., BEAM SUNTORY, 
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INC., AYANDA DANIELS, CRUZAN RUM 
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DISTILLERY, UNITED INDUSTRIAL   
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WORKERS OF THE SEAFARERS  
 
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INTERNATIONAL UNION, AFL-CIO, and 
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EUGENE IRISH, 
 
 
 
 
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Defendants.  
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Appearances:  
Ronnie Garcia, Pro Se 
 
Micol L. Morgan, Esq. 
St. Thomas, U.S.V.I.,  
 
For Cruzan VIRIL, Ltd., Beam Suntory, Inc., 
 
Ayanda Daniels, and Cruzan Rum Distillery 
 
John J. Merchant, Esq. 
St. Croix, U.S.V.I. 
 
For United Industrial  Workers of the  
 
Seafarers International Union, AFL-CIO, and 
 
Eugene Irish 
 
ORDER 
THIS MATTER comes before the Court on Magistrate Judge Emile A. Henderson III’s 
Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) (Dkt. No. 57), in which the Magistrate Judge recommends 
that the Court grant Cruzan Viril, Ltd., Beam Suntory, Inc., and Ayanda Daniel’s (“Cruzan 
Defendants”) Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint (“Motion to Dismiss”) without 
prejudice (Dkt. No. 41).  
UPON CONSIDERATION of Magistrate Judge Henderson’s R&R, and for the reasons 
stated in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion filed contemporaneously herewith, it is hereby 
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ORDERED that Magistrate Judge Henderson’s R&R (Dkt. No. 57) is ADOPTED; and it 
is further 
ORDERED that Cruzan Viril, Ltd., Beam Suntory, Inc., and Ayanda Daniel’s “Motion to 
Dismiss Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint” (Dkt. No. 41) is GRANTED; and it is further 
ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint (Dkt. No. 13) is DISMISSED 
WITHOUT PREJUDICE; and it is further 
ORDERED that Plaintiff shall have forty-five (45) days from the date of this Order, up to 
and including March 30, 2026, to file a Second Amended Complaint; and it is further 
ORDERED that the March 2, 2023 Report & Recommendation (Dkt. No. 11) is 
VACATED and the Objections thereto (Dkt. No. 20) are DENIED AS MOOT. 
SO ORDERED. 
Date: February 13, 2026 
 
 
 
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WILMA A. LEWIS 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Senior District Judge 
 
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