United States v. Humphrey

MORITZ, Circuit Judge.

Reginald Humphrey appeals the denial of his motion to dismiss an indictment charging him with one count of producing child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a). Humphrey asserts the district court erred in rejecting his argument that applying § 2251(a) to the intrastate production of child pornography violates the Commerce Clause. Finding no basis to overturn our prior precedent rejecting this same argument, we affirm.

Background

In 2007, S.L. told police that Humphrey, her mother’s live-in boyfriend, had been sexually abusing her for the past two years in their…