IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Plaintiff, 
v. 
JOICE IARA COSTA DE SOUZA, 
Defendant. 
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Case No. 3:20-cr-0013 
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ORDER 
 
THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the Report and Recommendation of the 
United States Magistrate Judge dated February 6, 2025, entered February 7, 2025, ECF No. 
43, recommending that the Defendant’s plea of guilty to Count One of the Information, a 
violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a) be accepted, and the defendant be 
adjudged guilty. After careful consideration and review, and there being no objection, it is 
hereby 
ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation, ECF No. 43, is ADOPTED; it is 
further 
ORDERED that Defendant Joice Iara Costa De Souza’s plea of guilty as to Count One of 
the Information is ACCEPTED, and that Joice Iara Costa De Souza 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 March 28, 2025; 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 April 18, 2025; it 
is further 
ORDERED that the U.S. Probation Office shall disclose the final presentence report to 
the parties and the Court no later than May 5, 2025; it is further 
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ORDERED that the parties shall file their sentencing memoranda no later than May 
19, 2025; it is further 
ORDERED that a sentencing hearing shall be held on May 30, 2025, at 9:00 A.M. in 
STT Courtroom No. 1; and it is further 
ORDERED that the jury trial in this matter previously scheduled for February 24, 
2025, is hereby CANCELED.        
 
Dated: February 21, 2025  
/s/ Robert A. Molloy  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
ROBERT A. MOLLOY 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Judge 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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