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Every decision we've filed under Child Sexual Abuse Material.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed a restitution order in a child pornography case involving multiple victims. The court held the district court did not abuse its discretion by awarding amounts above the statutory minimum based on file counts and distribution conduct.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit against Meta and Yahoo alleging violations of the Stored Communications Act and Wiretap Act following disclosures to law enforcement.
The D.C. Circuit clarifies the relationship between Federal Rules of Evidence 403 and 414 regarding prior child molestation convictions in sex offense cases.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the revocation of a defendant's supervised release and the imposition of special conditions related to child sexual abuse material offenses. The court held that the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination does not apply to supervised release hearings and that the district court's conditions were reasonably related to the defendant's crimes.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed a thirty-year sentence for a defendant convicted of possessing and distributing child pornography. The court rejected the defendant's claim that the sentencing court impermissibly double-counted his conduct when applying a two-level enhancement.
The Fourth Circuit held that manual searches of cell phones at the border are routine and do not require individualized suspicion. The court affirmed the denial of a motion to suppress evidence found during such a search.
The First Circuit affirmed a district court order suppressing evidence obtained from a smartphone seized during a search warrant execution. The court held that federal agents lacked objective good faith when they searched an iPhone model different from the one specified in the warrant despite knowing the discrepancy at the time of seizure.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed in part and vacated in part the supervised release conditions imposed on a defendant convicted of child pornography offenses. The court found that two conditions restricting proximity to children were constitutional but struck down a condition prohibiting possession of adult sexual materials as overbroad.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the conviction and sentence of a defendant who managed an international enterprise producing and distributing child sexual abuse material. The court held that the images depicted lascivious exhibitions of minors' genitals and pubic areas, and that the district court properly considered sentencing statistics without violating due process.
The First Circuit affirmed a conviction for possessing child pornography, ruling that a defendant using the Freenet file-sharing network in Opennet mode lacks a reasonable expectation of privacy. The court held that law enforcement's use of a modified Freenet tool to log voluntary requests did not constitute an unreasonable search under the Fourth Amendment.