No. 24-6128
Jonathan High v. United States
Tags: circuit-split criminal-statute minor-protection sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation video-evidence
Latest Conference:
2025-01-24
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the Court should resolve the following question for which there is a clear circuit split: can a defendant be convicted pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 2251 if the video that is the basis for the charge merely shows a minor engaging in innocuous conduct – such as going to the bathroom – and the defendant does not "edit" the video to create a "lascivious exhibition of the genitals or pubic area" of the minor depicted in the video?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a defendant can be convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 2251 for a video showing a minor engaging in innocuous conduct without editing the video to create a lascivious exhibition
Docket Entries
2025-01-27
Petition DENIED.
2025-01-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2025.
2024-12-31
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2024-12-31
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-12-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 13, 2025)
2024-10-16
Application (24A257) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until December 6, 2024.
2024-10-10
Application (24A257) to extend further the time from November 6, 2024 to December 6, 2024, submitted to Justice Thomas.
2024-09-12
Application (24A257) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until November 6, 2024.
2024-09-10
Application (24A257) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 7, 2024 to November 6, 2024, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Attorneys
Jonathan High
Michael Robert Ufferman — Michael Ufferman Law Firm, P.A., Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. Harris — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent