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DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. PAUL GIRARD, SHAQUAN PRENTICE, ROBERT BROWN, WAHILLI JAMES, SHAQUIELLE CORREA, JAMES CRUZ, KAREEM HARRY, TYLER EUGENE, ETHERNEAL SIMON, SHERMYRA GUMBS, WAYNE BELLILLE, Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) Criminal No. 2018-30 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ATTORNEYS: Gretchen C.F. Shappert, United States Attorney George A Massucco-LaTaif, AUSA Meredith Jean Edwards, AUSA United States Attorney’s Office St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. Alphonso G. Andrews, AUSA United States Attorney’s Office Christiansted, U.S.V.I. For the United States of America, Ryan W. Greene St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. William A. Morrison The Morrison Firm LLC Atlanta, GA For Paul Girard, Adriane J. Dudley Malorie Diaz Dudley Rich Davis LLP St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. Susan K. Marcus Law offices of Susan K. Marcus New York, NY For Shaquan Prentice, Case: 3:18-cr-00030-TJS-RM Document #: 498 Filed: 08/09/19 Page 1 of 5 United States v. Girard, et al. Criminal No. 2018-30 Order Renee Marie Andre Law Offices of Marjorie Rawls-Roberts PC St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. Teri L. Thompson Teri Thompson LLC Snellville, GA For Robert Brown, Alex Omar Rosa-Ambert Rosa-Ambert Law Offices San Juan, PR For Wahilli James, Jason Gonzalez-Delgado Hato Rey, PR John Richard Martin Martin Brothers, PC Atlanta, GA For Shaquielle Correa, Miguel Oppenheimer San Juan, PR Gary E. Proctor Law Offices of Gary E. Proctor, LLC Baltimore, MD For James Cruz, Kye Walker St. Croix, U.S.V.I. Anthony Ricco New York, NY Frantz J. McLawrence The McLawrence Law Firm Fort Lauderdale, Fl For Kareem Harry, Richard F. Farrelly Law Offices of Birch DeJongh & Hindels PLLC St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. Reginald Moss The Tony Moss Firm, LLC Miami, FL For Tyler Eugene, Case: 3:18-cr-00030-TJS-RM Document #: 498 Filed: 08/09/19 Page 2 of 5 United States v. Girard, et al. Criminal No. 2018-30 Order Richard H. Dollison Michall Joseph LaRochell Law Offices of Richard H. Dollison PC St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. For Etherneal Simon, Kendys Pimentel-Soto Kendys Pimentel-Soto Law Office LLC San Juan, PR Christopher W. Adams Adams & Bischoff, P.C., Charleston, SC For Shermyra Gumbs, Alexander Golubitsky Alex Golubitsky P.C. St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. For Wayne Bellille. ORDER1 GÓMEZ, J. Before the Court are the motions of Paul Girard (“Girard”), Shaquan Prentice (“Prentice”), Robert Brown (“Brown”), Tyler Eugene (“Eugene”), Shermyra Gumbs (“Gumbs”), James Cruz (“Cruz”), and Shaquielle Correa (“Correa”) to retain their learned counsel. Also before the Court is the motion of Kareem Harry’s learned counsel to withdraw. 1 The Court will issue a memorandum opinion outlining its reasons at a later date. Case: 3:18-cr-00030-TJS-RM Document #: 498 Filed: 08/09/19 Page 3 of 5 United States v. Girard, et al. Criminal No. 2018-30 Order The premises considered, it is hereby ORDERED that Girard’s motion to retain learned counsel, ECF No. 470, is DENIED; it is further ORDERED that Prentice’s motion to retain learned counsel, ECF No. 490, is DENIED; it is further ORDERED that Brown’s motion to retain learned counsel, ECF No. 491, is DENIED; it is further ORDERED that Eugene’s motion to retain learned counsel, ECF No. 469, is DENIED; it is further ORDERED that Gumbs’s motion to retain learned counsel, ECF No. 487, is DENIED; it is further ORDERED that Cruz’s motion to retain learned counsel, ECF No. 489, is DENIED; it is further ORDERED that Correa’s motion to retain learned counsel, ECF No. 493, is DENIED; it is further ORDERED that the motion of Harry’s learned counsel2 to withdraw, ECF No. 468, is GRANTED; and it is further ORDERED that each learned counsel shall have up to and including August 23, 2019, to share such information as is 2 While it is unclear in the petition of Harry’s learned counsel whether Harry agrees with the petition to withdraw, for the reasons the Court finds that the continued appointment of learned counsel is not appropriate for the other defendants, the Court concludes that the continued appointment of Harry’s learned counsel is no longer warranted. Case: 3:18-cr-00030-TJS-RM Document #: 498 Filed: 08/09/19 Page 4 of 5 United States v. Girard, et al. Criminal No. 2018-30 Order necessary to facilitate a transition to representation without learned counsel, after which the appointments of the several learned counsel in this matter shall be terminated. S\ Curtis V. Gómez District Judge Case: 3:18-cr-00030-TJS-RM Document #: 498 Filed: 08/09/19 Page 5 of 5