United States Ninth Circuit

A sentence imposed on the operator of a child pornography file server for various child pornography-related offenses is affirmed where the 15-year sentence was not grossly disproportionate to the gravity of defendant's offense, for Eighth Amendment purposes.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/21/2007
• Published 05/21/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM., Before ALEX KOZINSKI and RAYMOND C. FISHER, Circuit Judges and ANDREW J. GUILFORD, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mark S. Werner and Anthony R. Gallagher, Federal Defenders of Montana, Billings, MT, for appellant Evert Meiners.


• For Appellees:
  
• William W. Mercer and Marcia Hurd, United States Attorney's Office, Billings, MT, for appellee United States of America.