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DOE v. SEXSEARCH.COM

No. 07-4182.

551 F.3d 412 (2008)

John DOE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SEXSEARCH.COM, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: December 30, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Dean Boland, Lakewood, Ohio, for Appellant. Gary J. Kaufman, Pro Hoc Vice, Kaufman Law Group, Los Angeles, California, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Dean Boland, Lakewood, Ohio, for Appellant. Gary J. Kaufman, Colin A. Hardacre, Dana S. Milmeister, Pro Hoc Vice, Kaufman Law Group, Los Angeles, California, Richard Marvin Kerger, Kerger & Hartman, Toledo, Ohio, for Appellees. Michael B. Bressman, Vanderbilt Legal Clinic, Nashville, Tennessee, for Amici Curiae.

Before: BOGGS, Chief Judge; MERRITT and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

Pseudonymous plaintiff John Doe appeals the dismissal of his complaint against defendant, SexSearch.com ("SexSearch"), an online adult dating service that facilitates sexual encounters between its members. Doe used SexSearch to meet Jane Roe, who described herself as an eighteen-year-old female. The two met and had sexual relations. Roe, it turned out, was actually fourteen years old, and Doe was consequently arrested and...

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