No. 24-5763

David Earl Boyd v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-10-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: child-pornography commerce-clause congressional-power federal-prosecution interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2024-11-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether 18 U.S.C. §§ 2251 and 2252A exceed Congressional commerce authority in authorizing conviction based only upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines on an unspecified prior occasion

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED L Whether 18 U.S.C. §§ 2251 and 2252A exceed Congressional commerce authority in authorizing conviction based only upon proof that materials — such as a cell phone — used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines on an unspecified prior occasion. I. Whether Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), should be overruled, or alternatively, should this Court grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, and remand in light of Erlinger v. United States, __U.S._, 144 S. Ct. 1840 (2024)? i

Docket Entries

2024-11-18
Petition DENIED.
2024-10-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2024.
2024-10-23
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-10-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 15, 2024)

Attorneys

David Boyd
Christy Posnett MartinFederal Public Defender-Northern District of Texas, Petitioner
Christy Posnett MartinFederal Public Defender-Northern District of Texas, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent