No. 20-7593

Fernando Clarke v. United States

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2021-03-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 18-usc-2252 child-pornography criminal-law file-sharing government-action peer-to-peer peer-to-peer-network statutory-interpretation transportation-statute
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2021-04-23
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the government's own action in uploading a file containing child pornography from the defendant's folder on a peer-to-peer network to the government's computer constituted 'transport[ing]' of child pornography by the defendant within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(1)?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Question Presented Fernando Clarke was charged with, inter alia, two counts of transporting child pornography. At trial, the government witnesses testified that Mr. Clarke had used uTorrent, a peer-to-peer file sharing program, to download child pornography. The government then used its own program to transport the child pornography from Mr. Clarke’s computer to a government computer. Mr. Clarke took no part in this movement of child pornography from his computer to the government computer. The question presented is whether the government’s own action in uploading a file containing child pornography from the defendant’s folder on a peer-to-peer network to the government’s computer constituted “transport[ing]” of child pornography by the defendant within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(1)? i

Docket Entries

2021-04-26
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/23/2021.
2021-04-01
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2021-03-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 28, 2021)

Attorneys

Fernando Clarke
Allegra GlashausserFederal Defenders of New York, Petitioner
Allegra GlashausserFederal Defenders of New York, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent