UNITED STATES v. FREDRICKSON

No. 20-2051.

996 F.3d 821 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Timothy B. FREDRICKSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 12, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Lee Mathew , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Rock Island, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Murray W. Bell , Attorney, Murray W. Bell, P.C., Bettendorf, IA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Brennan, Scudder, and Kirsch, Circuit Judges.


The First Amendment does not protect child pornography. In challenging his conviction for inducing sexually explicit videos from a minor, Timothy Fredrickson asks us to reconsider this well-established principle. He contends that because he could have lawfully watched the minor where she recorded the videos (Illinois) and...

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