USA v. Plante
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS DIVISION OF ST. CROIX UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. AJANI PLANTE, Defendant. ) ) ) ) Case No. 1:17-cr-0013 ) ) ) ) ) ORDER1 BEFORE THE COURT are the following motions filed by Defendant Ajani Plante (“Plante” or “Defendant”): 1. Defendant’s Motion to Vacate or Set Aside Conviction (28 U.S.C. § 2255), filed on September 27, 2023. (ECF No. 41); and 2. Defendant’s Motion for Compassionate Release and Sentence Reduction or Modification, filed on October 30, 2023. (ECF No. 44.) Magistrate Judge Emile A. Henderson III issued a Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) on September 9, 2025, recommending, inter alia, that that the Court deny Plante’s motion to vacate and the motion for compassionate release. (ECF No. 48.) Plante did not file any objections to the R&R. The Court conducted a de novo review of the record and has made an independent determination finding no error in the R&R.2 Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation, ECF No. …
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS DIVISION OF ST. CROIX UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. AJANI PLANTE, Defendant. ) ) ) ) Case No. 1:17-cr-0013 ) ) ) ) ) ORDER1 BEFORE THE COURT are the following motions filed by Defendant Ajani Plante (“Plante” or “Defendant”): 1. Defendant’s Motion to Vacate or Set Aside Conviction (28 U.S.C. § 2255), filed on September 27, 2023. (ECF No. 41); and 2. Defendant’s Motion for Compassionate Release and Sentence Reduction or Modification, filed on October 30, 2023. (ECF No. 44.) Magistrate Judge Emile A. Henderson III issued a Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) on September 9, 2025, recommending, inter alia, that that the Court deny Plante’s motion to vacate and the motion for compassionate release. (ECF No. 48.) Plante did not file any objections to the R&R. The Court conducted a de novo review of the record and has made an independent determination finding no error in the R&R.2 Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation, ECF No. 48, is APPROVED and ADOPTED as an Order of this Court as if fully set forth herein; it is further ORDERED that Defendant’s Motion to Vacate or Set Aside Conviction, ECF No. 41, is DENIED; it is further 1 Due to the retirement of the judge previously assigned to this case, the undersigned, exercising his authority as Chief Judge of the District Court, reassigned this case to himself on February 17, 2026. 2 See Hill v. Barnacle, 655 Fed. Appx. 142, 148 (3d Cir. 2016) (opining that the district court is not required to make separate findings or conclusions when reviewing a Magistrate Judge’s report and recommendation de novo under 28 U.SC. § 636(b)) (citing Elmendorf Grafica, Inc. v. D.S. America, Inc., 48 F.3d 46, 49-50 (1st Cir. 1995) (opining that “[28 U.S.C. § 636(b)] authorizes the district court to adopt in whole as well as in part the proposed findings and recommendations of the magistrate judge. Where, as here, the magistrate judge decided on an undisputed factual record, the district court was certainly not required to rehash the magistrate judge’s reasoning. The role of the magistrate judge is ‘to relieve courts of unnecessary work.’”) (citations omitted). Case: 1:17-cr-00013-RAM-EAH Document #: 52 Filed: 03/26/26 Page 1 of 2 United States v. Plante Case No. 1:17-cr-0013 Order ORDERED that Defendant’s Motion for Compassionate Release and Sentence Reduction or Modification, ECF No. 44, is DENIED; it is further ORDERED that a certificate of appealability is DENIED; it is further ORDERED that a copy of this Order shall be served on Ajani Plante by certified mail return receipt requested and that a copy of the return receipt shall be filed on the docket; and it is further ORDERED that a copy of this Order shall be docketed in the companion civil case of Plante v. United States, Case No. 1:23-cv-0040 and the Clerk of Court is directed to CLOSE that case. Dated: March 26, 2026 /s/ Robert A. Molloy ROBERT A. MOLLOY Chief Judge Case: 1:17-cr-00013-RAM-EAH Document #: 52 Filed: 03/26/26 Page 2 of 2