..., Circuit Judge. An FBI task force officer downloaded child pornography from Darrin Meirick's computer using a peer-to-peer network, and a warrant search of computers in his home...uncovered hundreds of images of child pornography, including images of prepubescent females and an infant. He pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography in violation of...because they bear no rational relationship to the legitimate goals of sentencing, and violate the Equal Protection Clause because they punish child pornography offenses too severely compared with...

...detective assigned to an FBI Crimes Against Children Task Force. The detective had considerable experience investigating child pornography. He accessed the site and was directed to a sign up page using a.... HOWARD, Circuit Judge. Appellant Joseph Morales-Aldahondo ("Morales") was convicted of o...investigation of an internet child pornography site by a United States Postal Inspector responding to a customer complaint. The matter eventually ended up in the hands of a Dallas, Texas police...

...that on January 20, 2011, the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Safe Child Task Force (“FBI”) received information from an investigation by German authorities regarding a website used to distribute child..., information was received as a lead by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Safe Child Task Force, of an investigation by the German authorities in reference to a website that they located which was used to.... Similarly, an FBI Task Force is named as a source, but there is no detailed description of what that task force did, if anything, with the information from German authorities other than passively...

.... As found by the Court of Appeals, the record shows that on January 20, 2011, the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Safe Child Task Force (“FBI”) received information from...lead by the Federal Bureau of Investigations Safe Child Task Force, of an investigation by the German authorities in reference to a website that they located which was used to distribute Child...) or type(s) of German authorities is not provided. There is no way of knowing where the information originated. Similarly, an FBI Task Force is named as a source, but there is no detailed description...

...following day by members of the Albany FBI Child Exploitation Task Force, including Smith, and they seized Dumas's cell phone and laptop, which both contained images and videos of child pornography...chest of an unidentifiable adult male, along with messages suggesting that he was sexually abusing the child. Christopher R. Smith, an Investigator with the Colonie Police Department and Task Force...court is AFFIRMED. On September 29, 2017, an acquaintance of Defendant Brandon L. Dumas ("witness") made a report to the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") concerning...

...an interview at his home with the FBI Child Exploitation Task Force agents who executed the warrant, admitted to possessing child pornography and to downloading it multiple times a week for five or...crime of child pornography distribution." He insists that, to identify site users, the FBI had alternatives other than maintaining Playpen at full operability, such as replacing "images of real children...]undamental fairness is not compromised in a child pornography case merely because the government supplies the contraband."). Here, an FBI agent supportably opined that disabling or...

...FBI/MPD Child Exploitation Task Force; transcripts of an online “chat” and email between defendant and the UC; and a taped phone call between defendant and the UC. This evidence demonstrates that.... BACKGROUND On August 19, 2011, Magistrate Judge John Facciola of this District issued a warrant to arrest defendant on a child pornography charge in violation of...18 U.S.C. § 2251(a), (e). On August 22, 2011, FBI agents arrested defendant at the airport in Tampa, Florida, on his way to travel outside of Florida. That...

.... In late 2013, a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Task Force downloaded images of child pornography from an internet protocol (IP) address assigned to Miltier. On May 7, 2014, FBI.... FLOYD, Circuit Judge A federal jury convicted Ronald Miltier of seven counts of receipt of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(2)(A) and one...count of possession of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(5)(B). On appeal, Miltier argues that the district court erred in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal based on...

.... I. BACKGROUND In 2017 and 2018, FBI Child Exploitation Task Force Officer William Lynn was investigating the sharing of child pornography thr...investigation into online sharing of child pornography led law-enforcement officers to Michael Rees's residences and vehicle, where they executed search warrants and found child pornography. charged with federal...evidence of child-pornography crimes would be uncovered in the searches. And second, even if the warrants were invalid, the officers executed them in objective good faith...

...the conviction. On July 27, 2000, Detective Andrew Lippitt of the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office, temporarily assigned to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Child Exploitation Task ...on it. The meeting was to occur at the Bridgewater Commons Mall on August 14, 2000. On the day of the meeting, members of the Bedminster Township Police Department, the FBI Task...female," N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2c(4) and N.J.S.A. 2C:5-1 (Count One), and third-degree endangering the welfare of a child, N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4 (Count Two). Defendant moved to dismiss the...

..., Circuit Judge. An FBI task force officer downloaded child pornography from Darrin Meirick's computer using a peer-to-peer network, and a warrant search of computers in his home...legislative task. It is within the legislative prerogative to determine, for example, whether child pornography offenses should be punished more or less harshly than sexual offenses involving personal...uncovered hundreds of images of child pornography, including images of prepubescent females and an infant. He pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography in violation of...

...of Tarrant County, Texas, alleging negligence connected to an FBI anti-child-exploitation task force. ECF No. 1-5. On May 5, 2021, the FBI removed the case to this Court, and Judge Pittman referred... Plaintiff Wesley Hatten-Lovett (“Hatten-Lovett”) brought this pro se action against Defendant Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) on March 9, 2021 in the 48th District Court...derived from the state court's jurisdiction.” Lopez v. Sentrillon Corp., 749 F.3d 347, 350 (5th Cir. 2004). Thus, when the FBI removed this...

...advertisement. On June 24, 2004, at 6:29 a.m., Special Agent Christopher A. Kahn ("Agent Kahn") along with twenty-three FBI Task Force Officers and .... Within a few minutes, he uploaded four child pornography videos. FBI software allowed the agent to capture the IP address of the f-server, which was assigned to Colonna's ...consistent with files uploaded and logged by Agent Jensen in March, 2004. One year and ten months after the search, the FBI arrested Colonna for transporting, advertising, and possessing child pornography...

...believed to be child pornography. The Police Officer seized the hard drive and checked it into evidence at the Roswell Police Department. The Police Officer contacted Roswell Police Sergeant and FBI Task Force Agen...crimes. 3. On May 28, 2003, Task Force Agent Cameron Roe obtained a federal...search warrant for Mr. Tryon's hard drive obtained from CompUSA. 4. On May 28, 2003, Task Force Agent Cameron Roe obtained a federal search warrant for Mr. Tryon's residence, 265...

...Donald Minnich, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Task Force Officer (TFO)/Detective with the Greater Cincinnati ICAC Task Force; James Whalen, FBI agent; and Paul Pape, FBI polygraph...Task Force. He...seventeen years old, including requests to engage in oral sex for hire or self-taken photographs. On April 3, 2015, Special Agents (SA) and TFOs with the FBI placed the premises of 791...

...to "FBI Child Exploitation Task Force" and "victim" were prejudicial; and (6) the Commonwealth drew an unreasonable inference from the evidence in its closing argument. We affirm...one who ruled on the motion to suppress, allowed both motions. The defendant's motion to preclude use of the phrase "FBI Child Exploitation Task Force" was allowed. Trial commenced.... The defendant also challenges the use of certain words by police witnesses: a single reference to the term "FBI Child Exploitation Task ...

...FBI Child Exploitation Task Force began a separate investigation into Mearis. Federal authorities arrested Mearis on June 26, 2019, and within thirty days a federal grand jury indicted him.... I. In 2019, a jury convicted Mearis of two counts of sex trafficking a minor and three counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or.... On September 14, 2017, Texas state police arrested Mearis and L.C. on state charges of aggravated kidnapping and trafficking a child, A.W., who is not involved here. Mearis was already...

...cellular telephone. In April 2018, Reinhart communicated via online social media with an FBI agent operating as part of a task force investigating child-exploitation offenses. Reinhart sent the agent...production of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2251(a) and 2251(e). The district...videos of child pornography. Eight of the image files and four of the video files belonged to 11 known series that contain a child victim previously identified by law enforcement. The cellular telephone...

...Special Agents from the Maryland Child Exploitation Task Force entered the apartment with the consent of the landlord in order to take photographs of the location of the abuse. Inside the apartment...: Following a bench trial, the district court found Jesse Aaron Davison guilty of multiple counts of production and possession of child pornography and sentenced Davison to life...player with the 2GB memory card and a Blackberry phone with no memory card from Neva Bolner's apartment. Because Davison and Bolner had recently been evicted from their apartment, FBI...

.... Cymerman first came to the attention of law enforcement when he sent a message to an undercover member of the MPD-FBI Child Exploitation Task Force via...of Child Pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(5)(B). Plea Agreement, ECF No. 10. At sentencing, the Court imposed a sentence of 30 months of...12 images and 28 videos depicting child pornography with children all under the age of twelve, including a toddler. Id. This factor weighs heavily against early...