IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Plaintiff, 
v. 
ELVIS MANUEL RODRIGUEZ, 
Defendant. 
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Case No. 3:21-cr-0020 
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ORDER 
 
THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the Report and Recommendation of the 
United States Magistrate Judge dated February 29, 2024, recommending that the Defendant’s 
plea of guilty to Count One of the Indictment, a violation of 46 U.S.C. §§ 70503(a)(1) and 
70506(a), be accepted, and the Defendant be adjudged guilty. (ECF No. 155.) After careful 
consideration and review, and there being no objection, it is hereby 
ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation, ECF No. 155, is ADOPTED; it is 
further 
ORDERED that Defendant Elvis Manuel Rodriguez’s plea of guilty as to Count One of 
the Indictment is ACCEPTED, and that Elvis Manuel Rodriguez 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 May 7, 2024; 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 May 21, 2024; 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 June 11, 2024; it is further 
ORDERED that the parties shall file their sentencing memoranda no later than June 
25, 2024; it is further 
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ORDERED that a sentencing hearing shall be held on July 2, 2024, at 9:30 A.M. in 
STT Courtroom No. 1.       
 
Dated: March 18, 2024 
 
/s/ Robert A. Molloy  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
ROBERT A. MOLLOY 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Judge 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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