IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
                                            Plaintiff, 
v. 
AMALIA MARIA LACATUSU, 
Defendant. 
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Case No. 3:26-cr-0002 
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ORDER 
 
THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the Report and Recommendation of the 
United States Magistrate Judge entered on March 18, 2026, ECF No. 39, recommending that 
the Defendant’s plea of guilty to Count One of the Information, Illegal Reentry of Removed 
Alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C § 1326(a), be accepted, and the defendant be adjudged guilty. 
Also before the Court is Defendant’s Motion Requesting Order requesting that the Court order 
the Office of Probation to prepare an expedited presentence report. ECF No. 40 at 1. 
Defendant further indicates that she waives the 35 days to review her presentence report. 
Id. After careful consideration and review, and there being no objection, it is hereby 
ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation, ECF No. 39, is ADOPTED; it is 
further 
ORDERED that Defendant Amalia Maria Lacatusu plea of guilty as to Count One of the 
Information is ACCEPTED, and that Amalia Maria Lacatusu is adjudged GUILTY on those 
counts; it is further 
ORDERED that Defendant’s Motion Requesting Order, ECF No. 40, is GRANTED; it is 
further 
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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 April 7, 2026; 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 14, 2026; 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 April 20, 2026; it is further 
ORDERED that the parties are excused from filing a sentencing memoranda and may 
allocate at the sentencing hearing; and it is further 
ORDERED that a sentencing hearing shall be held on April 24, 2026, at 11:00 A.M. 
in S. Thomas Courtroom No. 1 before Chief Judge Robert A. Molloy.  
 
Dated: March 26, 2026 
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
ROBERT A. MOLLOY 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Judge 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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