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Kaleb Layne Nix v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 24-11086 · judgment August 4, 2025
Question presented
I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is no evidence that the production or possession of child pornography itself caused such movement? II. Whether Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution permits Congress to impose criminal sanctions for all conduct undertaken using materials that have moved in interstate commerce, however remotely, whether or not the criminal conduct caused such movement?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Kevin Joel Page
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jan 12 2026Petition DENIED.
- Dec 11 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
- Nov 12 2025Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Nov 03 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 5, 2025)