No. 21-5673

Timothy Brandon Fredrickson v. United States

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2021-09-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: child-pornography consensual-transmission constitutional-law constitutional-overbreadth criminal-law due-process first-amendment free-speech image-production statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment Privacy
Latest Conference: 2022-01-07 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether Section 18 USC 2251(a) is overbroad in that it provides punishment
for constitutionally protected activity in the inducement of consensual
production and consensual private transmission of images depicting sexually
explicit conduct that is not illegal in itself and is not child pornography.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Section 18 USC 2251 (a) is overbroad

Docket Entries

2022-01-10
Rehearing DENIED.
2021-12-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
2021-11-04
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2021-10-12
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
2021-09-20
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-09-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 15, 2021)

Attorneys

Timothy Fredrickson
Murray W. BellMurray W. Bell, P.C., Petitioner
United States
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent