No. 23-803

Shannon Donoho v. United States

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2024-01-25
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Relisted (4) Experienced Counsel
Tags: child-pornography circuit-split due-process federal-criminal-statute lascivious-exhibition minor-protection secret-recording sexually-explicit-conduct visual-depiction
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Latest Conference: 2024-06-20 (distributed 4 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a defendant produce a depiction of a minor engaging in 'lascivious exhibition,' and thus 'sexually explicit conduct' under 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a), by secretly recording a nude minor engaging in ordinary daily activities, when the videos and images depict 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.” “[S]exually explicit conduct” is defined to include “lascivious exhibition of the anus, 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 a depiction of a minor engaging in “lascivious exhibition,” and thus “sexually explicit conduct” under 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a), by secretly recording a nude minor engaging in ordinary daily activities, when the videos and images depict absolutely no sexual or sexually suggestive conduct of any kind?

Docket Entries

2024-06-24
Petition DENIED.
2024-06-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2024.
2024-06-11
Rescheduled.
2024-06-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2024.
2024-06-04
Rescheduled.
2024-06-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2024.
2024-05-29
Rescheduled.
2024-05-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2024.
2024-05-10
2024-04-26
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2024-03-14
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 26, 2024.
2024-03-13
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 27, 2024 to April 26, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-02-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 27, 2024.
2024-02-21
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 26, 2024 to March 27, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-01-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 26, 2024)
2024-01-02
Application (23A601) granted by Justice Barrett extending the time to file until January 25, 2024.
2023-12-28
Application (23A601) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 11, 2024 to January 25, 2024, submitted to Justice Barrett.

Attorneys

Shannon Donoho
E. Joshua RosenkranzOrrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Petitioner
E. Joshua RosenkranzOrrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent