IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Plaintiff, 
v. 
WILLIAM GIRALDO CABANZO, 
Defendant. 
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Case No. 3:24-cr-0017 
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ORDER 
 
THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the Report and Recommendation of the 
United States Magistrate Judge dated October 23, 2024, ECF No. 45, recommending that the 
Defendant’s plea of guilty to Count Two of the Superseding Indictment, a violation of Title 8, 
United States Code, Section 1324(a)(1)(A)(v)(I), be accepted, and the defendant be adjudged 
guilty. Also before the Court is Defendant’s Motion to Accept Guilty Plea and Expedite 
Sentencing – Unopposed. (ECF No. 46.) After careful consideration and review, and there 
being no objection, it is hereby 
 
ORDERED that Defendant’s Motion to Accept Guilty Plea and Expedite Sentencing, 
ECF No. 46, is GRANTED; it is further 
ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation, ECF No. 45, is ADOPTED; it is 
further 
ORDERED that Defendant William Giraldo Cabanzo’s plea of guilty as to Count Two 
of the Superseding Indictment is ACCEPTED, and that William Giraldo Cabanzo 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 November 27, 2024; it is further 
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ORDERED that the parties shall submit any objections or corrections to the 
preliminary presentence report to the U.S. Probation Office no later than December 6, 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 December 13, 2024; it is further 
ORDERED that the parties shall file their sentencing memoranda no later than 
December 18, 2024; it is further 
ORDERED that a sentencing hearing shall be held on December 20, 2024, at 9:00 
A.M. in STT Courtroom No. 1.       
 
Dated:  November 7, 2024  
/s/ Robert A. Molloy  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
ROBERT A. MOLLOY 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Judge 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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