No. 19-5577

Spencer Salcedo v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-08-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: community-standards constitutional-protection due-process first-amendment free-speech hard-core-sexual-conduct obscenity obscenity-standard pornography sexual-content
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a still image of an erect penis portrays the kind of "patently offensive," "hard core sexual conduct" that qualifies as constitutionally unprotected obscenity.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a still image of an erect penis portrays the kind of 'patently offensive,' 'hard core sexual conduct' that qualifies as constitutionally unprotected obscenity

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-08-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-08-16
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
Main Document
2019-08-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 12, 2019)
Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma PauperisPetitionAppendixProof of Service

Attorneys

Spencer Salcedo
Evan Gray Howze — Office of the Federal Public Defender, Southern District of Texas, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent