IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. CROIX 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA                ) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Plaintiff, 
 
 
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CRIMINAL NO. 2008-0020 
 
 
v. 
 
 
 
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AMON THOMAS, NATHANIEL                 ) 
THOMAS, OKIMO MELIGAN, and            ) 
ANDREA SOTO                                            )  
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Defendants. 
 
 
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MEMORANDUM OPINION 
 
FINCH, SENIOR JUDGE 
 
THIS MATTER comes before the Court on Defendant Amon Thomas’s Appeal From 
Magistrate Judge’s Order entered May 29, 2008 Granting Plaintiff’s Motion to Detain 
Defendants Pending Trial (Docket No. 21) filed by Defendant on August 5, 2009 (Docket No. 
162).  Defendant Amon Thomas previously filed a Notice of Appeal of the Magistrate Judge’s 
Order Granting Plaintiff’s Motion to Detain Defendants Pending Trial on July 1, 2008 (Docket 
No. 32).  After a hearing held on June 20, 2008, the Court ruled on and denied Defendant Amon 
Thomas’s appeal of the Magistrate Judge’s Order Granting Plaintiff’s Motion to Detain 
Defendants Pending Trial in an Order filed on June 23, 2008 (Docket No. 38).  Even if the Court 
had not previously ruled on Defendant Amon Thomas’s appeal, such an appeal is untimely at this 
point in the proceedings. After consideration and the Court being duly advised in its premises, it 
is hereby 
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ORDERED that Defendant Amon Thomas’s Appeal (Docket No. 162) From Magistrate 
Judge’s Order entered May 29, 2008 Granting Plaintiff’s Motion to Detain Defendants Pending 
Trial (Docket No. 21) as to Amon Thomas, Nathaniel Thomas and Okimo Meligan is DENIED. 
ENTERED this 5th day of August, 2008. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
________________/s/_______________________ 
HONORABLE RAYMOND L. FINCH 
 
SENIOR U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE 
 
 
 
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