No. 23-625

Tel James Boam v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-12-11
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (1) Experienced Counsel
Tags: child-pornography circuit-split criminal-statute due-process lascivious-exhibition minor-protection sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation visual-depiction
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2024-04-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a defendant produce or possess a depiction involving the use of a minor engaging in 'lascivious exhibition,' and thus 'sexually explicit conduct,' under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2251(a), 2252A, and 2256(2)(A), by secretly recording a nude minor showering or engaging in ordinary grooming activities, when the video depicts absolutely no sexual or sexually suggestive conduct of any kind?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) makes it a crime to “use[] ... any minor to engage in ... any sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing any visual depiction of such conduct.” 18 U.S.C. § 2252A makes it a crime to possess “child pornography,” which § 2256(8) defines as a “visual depiction” involving “the use of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct.” “Sexually explicit conduct” in these provisions is defined, in turn, to include “lascivious exhibition of the ... genitals ... or pubic area of any person.” 18 U.S.C. § 2256(2)(A). The question presented, on which there is an acknowledged circuit conflict, is: Does a defendant produce or possess a depiction involving the use of a minor engaging in “lascivious exhibition,” and thus “sexually explicit conduct,” under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2251(a), 2252A, and 2256(2)(A), by secretly recording a nude minor showering or engaging in ordinary grooming activities, when the video depicts absolutely no sexual or sexually suggestive conduct of any kind?

Docket Entries

2024-04-15
Petition DENIED.
2024-03-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2024.
2024-03-25
2024-03-11
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2024-01-26
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 11, 2024.
2024-01-25
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 9, 2024 to March 11, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-01-10
Brief amici curiae of Federal Public and Community Defender Organizations of the Ninth Circuit filed.
2024-01-09
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 9, 2024.
2024-01-05
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 10, 2024 to February 9, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-12-07

Attorneys

Federal Public and Community Defender Organizations of the Ninth Circuit
Stephen Reese SadyOregon Federal Public Defender, Amicus
Tel James Boam
E. Joshua RosenkranzOrrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent