DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Plaintiff, 
v. 
JAHVID ALEXANDER and JESTUS LARS 
FRANCIS, 
Defendants. 
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Case No. 3:20-cr-0026 
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ORDER 
THIS MATTER came before the Court for a suppression hearing held on February 10, 
2022. For the reasons stated on the record, it is hereby 
 
ORDERED that, no later than 5:00 p.m. on February 24, 2022, each party SHALL 
file a supplemental brief, with citation to the appropriate authority, addressing the following 
issues:  
1) Whether, on June 23, 2020, Officer Williams’ directives to the driver of the Ford F-
150 pickup truck to pull over, park, and remain in place was a stop, seizure, or any 
other Fourth Amendment event?  
 
2) If so, whether the directive was justified under the circumstances.1  
 
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that each party may file a responsive brief no later than 
before March 3, 2022, not exceeding ten (10) pages in length. 
 
 
Dated: February 14, 2022  
/s/ Robert A. Molloy  
 
 
 
  
 
                                         ROBERT A. MOLLOY 
 
 
  
 
                                         Chief Judge 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1 Pursuant to Local Rules, briefs may not exceed twenty pages in length. LRCi 7.1(d). 
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