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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Alan D. BEVERS, Defendant-Appellant.

PER CURIAM:[fn*] [fn*] Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.

Alan D. Bevers appeals his conditional guilty plea conviction to 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a), sexual exploitation of a child. He argues that the factual basis of his plea did not establish that the victim engaged in "sexually explicit conduct" because the videotape in question did not depict a lascivious exhibition of the minor's genitals or pubic area. We review the district court's factual finding for clear error.

See U.S. v. Reasor, 418 F.3d 466, 474 (5th Cir. 2005); U.S. v. Boudreau, 250 F.3d 279, 283 (5th Cir. 2001).

Using the " Dost factors" adopted by this court to determine whether a visual depiction of a minor constitutes a "lascivious exhibition of the genitals or pubic area," the district court pointed to several pertinent facts: that the videotape focused on the fully nude genitalia of a female child taking a shower; captured the child's buttocks and breast; and was taped with the purpose of eliciting a sexual response from the viewer.

U.S. v. Grimes, 244 F.3d 375, 381 (5th Cir. 2001); see U.S. v. Dost, 636 F.Supp. 828 (S.D.Cal. 1986).

We cannot say that the district court's finding that the depiction at issue constituted a lascivious exhibition of the genitals or pubic area of the victim is clear error. The sexually explicit conduct element of § 2251(a) was met, and the factual basis is sufficient to support Bevers's plea.

See FED.R.CRIM.P. 11(b)(3).

AFFIRMED.

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U.S. v. BEVERS
(May 14, 2009)