No. 24-6185

Warren Siepman v. United States

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2024-12-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: child-pornography criminal-statute digital-evidence federal-law peer-to-peer-networks transportation-of-illicit-material
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2025-01-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a conviction for transportation of child pornography requires proof of actual download or merely making material available through peer-to-peer networks

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a conviction for transportation of child pornography under 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(1), based on a defendant’s use of a peer-to-peer program, requires another person to have downloaded the illicit material or whether the government need only show that the defendant made the material available to be downloaded by another computer? i

Docket Entries

2025-01-27
Petition DENIED.
2025-01-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2025.
2025-01-07
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-01-07
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-10-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 21, 2025)

Attorneys

United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Warren Siepman
Adam Jordan SheppardSheppard Law Firm, P.C., Petitioner
Adam Jordan SheppardSheppard Law Firm, P.C., Petitioner