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U.S. v. KIENAST

Nos. 17-1840, 17-1989, 17-2439.

907 F.3d 522 (2018)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Neil C. KIENAST, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marcus A. Owens, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Braman B. Broy, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 23, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan H. Koenig , Benjamin W. Proctor , Attorneys, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Milwaukee, WI, Greggory R. Walters , Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Peoria, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

John Miller Carroll , Tyler Tod Fredrickson , Attorney, JOHN MILLER CARROLL LAW OFFICE, Appleton, WI, for Defendant-Appellant NEIL KIENAST.

Anderson M. Gansner , Attorney, FEDERAL DEFENDER SERVICES OF EASTERN WISCONSIN, INCORPORATED, for Defendant-Appellant MARCUS A. OWENS.

David A. Greene , Attorney, ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION, San Francisco, CA, Amicus Curiae for ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION.

John F. Murphy , Attorney, OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL DEFENDER PROGRAM, Chicago, IL, Amicus Curiae for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS.

Steve A. Greenberg , Attorney, STEVEN A. GREENBERG AND ASSOCIATES, LTD., Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant BRAMEN B. BROY.

Before Ripple, Sykes, and Barrett, Circuit Judges.

In 2015, federal agents infiltrated a child pornography website called Playpen and deployed a computer program to identify Playpen's users. This operation resulted in the successful prosecution of defendants all around the country, including Neil Kienast, Marcus Owens, and Braman Broy, whose appeals are consolidated before...

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