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PREWETT v. WEEMS

No. 12-6489.

749 F.3d 454 (2014)

Teresa PREWETT, Mother of minor and next friend of J.W.; J.W., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Stanley WEEMS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

April 14, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: Jessica Chambers McAfee , Greeneville, Tennessee, for Appellant.

Duncan Cates Cave , Greeneville, Tennessee, for Appellee. Sonja Ralston , United states Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae.

Before: MERRITT, SUTTON and STRANCH, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

Stanley Weems pleaded guilty to one count of producing child pornography. See 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a). His victim, J.W., filed this civil action against Weems to obtain compensation for the abuse. See id. § 2255(a). The district court awarded $1 million, a figure reached by multiplying the presumed-damages floor in the civil-remedies statute ($150,000) by the number of videos Weems produced (seven) and by...

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