No. 23-6481

Ashley Nichole Kolhoff v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-01-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: child-pornography constitutional-rights criminal-intent criminal-law due-process fair-trial intent lascivious-exhibition statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference: 2024-04-12
Question Presented (from Petition)

Did this impermissible expansion of the scope of the federal child pornography statutes, in direct contravention of both the holdings of this Court and the plain language of the controlling statutes, deny Ms. Kolhoff her Due Process rights to a fair trial and the constitutional protections requiring criminal laws to explicitly and definitely identify what conduct is punishable?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the courts below impermissibly expand the scope of the federal child pornography statutes in contravention of this Court's precedents and the plain language of the statutes, thereby denying the petitioner her due process rights?

Docket Entries

2024-04-15
Petition DENIED.
2024-03-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2024.
2024-03-13
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2024-02-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 13, 2024.
2024-02-07
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 12, 2024 to March 13, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-01-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 12, 2024)

Attorneys

Ashley Kolhoff
Christopher Amolsch — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent