No. 19-7075

Matthew Rouse v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-12-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: age-of-consent child-pornography criminal-conduct first-amendment privacy sexual-conduct
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2020-01-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the child pornography exception to the First Amendment applies to the private exchange of images depicting lawful, sexual conduct between individuals who had reached the age of consent under state law and had mutually agreed to record the images

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the child pornography exception to the First Amendment, which is grounded in the long-standing exemption for speech integral to criminal conduct, applies to the private exchange of images depicting lawful, sexual conduct between individuals who had reached the age of consent under state law and had mutually agreed to record the images. i

Docket Entries

2020-01-27
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2020.
2020-01-06
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-12-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 27, 2020)
2019-11-22
Application (19A578) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until January 2, 2020.
2019-11-18
Application (19A578) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 2, 2019 to January 1, 2020, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.

Attorneys

Matthew Rouse
David R. StickmanOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
David R. StickmanOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent