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UNITED STATES v. MORAN

No. 21-12573.

57 F.4th 977 (2023)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Colum Patrick MORAN, Jr., a.k.a. Emily lover, a.k.a. [email protected], Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: January 13, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sara C. Sweeney , U.S. Attorney's Office, Orlando, FL, U.S. Attorney Service — Middle District of Florida, U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Tampa, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Melissa Fussell , Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, Orlando, FL, Maurice C. Grant, II , Federal Public Defender's Office, Jacksonville, FL, Alec Fitzgerald Hall , Federal Public Defender's Office, Tampa, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Jordan, Rosenbaum, and Newsom, Circuit Judges.

Colum Moran, a collector of child pornography, commented on several "mom blog" posts asking mothers to display sexually explicit images of their young daughters. We must decide whether Moran's requests constitute criminal attempts to produce child pornography under 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) and (e).

Moran contends,...

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