No. 21-7156

Floyd Allen Hawkins v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-02-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: child-pornography commerce-clause criminal-law due-process interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2022-03-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether 18 U.S.C. §2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is no evidence that the production or possession of child pornography itself caused such movement?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I Whether 18 U.S.C. §2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is no evidence that the production or possession of child pornography itself caused such movement? Il. Whether Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution permits Congress to impose criminal sanctions for all conduct undertaken using materials that have moved in interstate commerce, however remotely, whether or not the criminal conduct caused such movement? ii PARTIES Floyd Allen Hawkins is the petitioner; he was the defendant-appellant below. The United States of America is the respondent; it was the plaintiff-appellee below. iii

Docket Entries

2022-03-21
Petition DENIED.
2022-03-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022.
2022-02-23
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2022-02-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 21, 2022)

Attorneys

Floyd Hawkins
Kevin Joel Page — Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent