United States v. Stagliano

MEMORANDUM OPINION

RICHARD J. LEON, District Judge.

The defendants — John Stagliano, John Stagliano, Inc., and Evil Angel Productions, Inc. — challenge the constitutionality of four federal statutes that criminalize the interstate trafficking of obscenity. They move to dismiss the Indictment charging them with offenses under 18 U.S.C. § 1462, 18 U.S.C. § 1465, 18 U.S.C. § 1466, and 47 U.S.C. § 223(d). In particular, they contend that these statutes are unconstitutionally vague and overbroad as applied to Internet speech. They also contend that the statutes are unconstitutional in light of…