No. 23A203

Troy George Skinner v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-08-30
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: 18-USC-2251 child-sexual-abuse-material domestic-application extraterritorial-application federal-jurisdiction non-citizen-defendant
Key Terms:
DueProcess Privacy
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

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 occurring entirely abroad, where the statute does not apply extraterritorially but the defendant's subsequent presence in the United States provides a domestic nexus to the offense

Docket Entries

2023-08-31
Application (23A203) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until October 6, 2023.
2023-08-25
Application (23A203) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 6, 2023 to October 6, 2023, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Troy Skinner
Frances Hemsley PrattOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent