18-usc-2251
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-6297 | Kevin Hewlett v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2023-12-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-2251 cellphone-evidence child-pornography commerce-clause criminal-conduct criminal-law criminal-procedure interstate-commerce jury-instruction mens-rea | Whether the use of a cellphone in criminal conduct is a sufficient nexus to interstate commerce |
| 23-5649 | Jonathan Monson v. United States | First Circuit | 2023-09-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-2251 child-exploitation criminal-law criminal-statute due-process interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element minor-protection sexual-exploitation visual-depiction | Does Section 2251(a) of Title 18 require evidence that a defendant sexually exploited a minor for the purpose of producing a visual depiction, and tha… |
| 23A203 | Troy George Skinner v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2023-08-30 | Presumed Complete | 18-USC-2251 child-sexual-abuse-material domestic-application extraterritorial-application federal-jurisdiction non-citizen-defendant | Whether the federal government may prosecute a non-U.S. citizen located outside the United States for violating 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) based on conduct o… | |
| 23-5429 | Tywan Sykes v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2023-08-24 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-2251 4th-amendment child-exploitation civil-rights fourth-amendment governmental-entity internet-service-provider private-search-doctrine recidivist-enhancement standing statutory-interpretation | Whether the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children is a Governmental Entity |
| 23-5191 | Michael McShan v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2023-07-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-2251 age-of-consent child-pornography consent-standard federal-law self-produced-images sexual-relationship state-law | Whether the age of consent under state law is relevant to deciding whether a person produced child pornography under federal law by requesting self-pr… |
| 22-6847 | Philip M. Close v. United States | Second Circuit | 2023-02-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-USC-2251 18-USC-2252A child-pornography circuit-split criminal-statute federal-law genital-exposure sentencing sexual-conduct sexually-explicit-conduct | Whether brief glimpses of children's genital areas in videos constitute 'sexually-explicit-conduct' under 18-USC-2251-and-2252A |
| 20-7292 | Matthew Lee Staszak v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2021-03-02 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-2251 18-usc-2423 due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct section-2251 section-2423 | Whether the Supreme Court should grant the writ where prosecutorial-misconduct, ineffective-assistance-of-counsel, due-process, plea-bargaining, 18-us… |
| 20-6326 | Adam Donald Bennett v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2020-11-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-2251 child-exposure criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing deferred-adjudication prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement sexual-abuse statutory-interpretation texas-law | Is a Texas deferred adjudication a 'prior conviction' for purposes of the sentencing enhancement in 18 U.S.C. § 2251(e)? |
| 20-5833 | Scott Francis Fortier v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2020-09-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-2251 child-pornography commerce-clause constitutional-vagueness mens-rea sexual-conduct sexually-explicit-conduct specific-intent vagueness-doctrine | Does creating a visual depiction of sexual conduct of a minor need to be the dominant or specific purpose; one of the dominant or specific purposes; o… |
| 19-6975 | Jason Lee Bennett v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-12-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-2251 constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation substantive-due-process | Whether the District Court denied the Petitioner's constitutional right to a substantive due process under the Fifth Amendment by the lower court's co… |
| 19-6940 | Kevin James Petroske v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2019-12-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-2251 8th-circuit child-pornography circuit-split criminal-intent due-process minor-protection production-of-child-pornography sexual-conduct sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation video-voyeurism | Whether mere video voyeurism can constitute intending a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction u… |