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UNITED STATES v. MENDEZ

No. 20-30007.

35 F.4th 1219 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lorenzo Elias MENDEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 7, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert H. Levy (argued), Law Office of Gilbert H. Levy, Seattle, Washington, for Defendant-Appellant.

Alison L. Gregoire (argued), Assistant United States Attorney; Joseph H. Harrington , Acting United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, Spokane, Washington; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: M. Margaret McKeown, Morgan Christen, and Eric D. Miller, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

Lorenzo Mendez placed Wi-Fi cameras in the eye of a stuffed animal and surreptitiously filmed a teenage girl masturbating. Prosecutors charged Mendez under a statute that criminalizes the conduct of any person who "employs, uses, persuades, induces, entices, or coerces" a minor "to engage in ... sexually...

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