Legal Opinion
United States v. Tom Malenya
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 3, 2013No. 19-1160PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.
Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge KAVANAUGH.
WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge:
Tom Lusuli Malenya, a 41-year-old Army nurse, posted a personal ad on the “Men Seeking Men” section of Craig-slist.com. D.R., who was 14 at the time, responded to Malenya’s ad by e-mail and claimed to be an 18-year-old “twink”— someone who appears to be younger but who is actually an adult male between the ages of 18 and 23. Via text message, Malenya arranged for D.R. to come to his apartment, and the two had sex. A few weeks later, D.R.’s mother…
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