No. 24-6000

Rafael Antonio Bracero-Navas v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2024-11-19
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: child-pornography circuit-split federal-criminal-law lascivious-exhibition minor-protection statutory-interpretation
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Latest Conference: 2025-01-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does secretly photographing a nude minor in ordinary bathroom activities constitute 'sexually explicit conduct' under federal child pornography statutes?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Section 2251(a) of Title 18 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)(v). The question presented, on which the circuits are split, 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 photographing a nude minor engaging in ordinary bathroom activities, when the images depict no sexual or sexually suggestive conduct of any kind? (D

Docket Entries

2025-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2024-12-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
2024-11-29
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-10-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 19, 2024)
2024-10-01
Application (24A310) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until November 11, 2024.
2024-09-27
Application (24A310) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 10, 2024 to November 11, 2024, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Rafael Antonio Bracero-Navas
Matthew D. CavenderOffice of the Federal Defender (MDFL), Petitioner
Matthew D. CavenderOffice of the Federal Defender (MDFL), Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent