18 U.S.C. § 2425
Use of interstate facilities to transmit information about a minor
Whoever, using the mail or any facility or means of interstate or foreign commerce, or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, knowingly initiates the transmission of the name, address, telephone number, social security number, or electronic mail address of another individual, knowing that such other individual has not attained the age of 16 years, with the intent to entice, encourage, offer, or solicit any person to engage in any sexual activity for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense, or attempts to do so, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 32
cases (8 in the last 5 years), 2001–2026 · leading case: United States v. Taylor
United States v. Taylor (2003)
“PER CURIAM: James Finley Taylor appeals the special conditions of supervised release imposed on him pursuant to his conviction for use of interstate facilities to transmit information about a minor “with the intent to entice, encourage, offer, or solicit any person to engage in…”
United States v. Jeffrey York (2022)
“§ 2422 (b), and attempting to use interstate facilities to transmit information about a minor, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2425 . The charge was based on York’s communications with 15-year-old “Brionica,” who was really an FBI agent.”
United States v. Philip A. Giordano (2006)
“18 U.S.C. § 2425 . Section 371 of Title 18 makes it a crime to conspire to commit the offense described in § 2425.”
United States v. Laureys (2011)
“See 18 U.S.C. § 2425 . And other provisions penalize transporting "any individual" for sex crimes, id.”
United States v. Montijo-Maysonet (2020)
“commerce" under a similar statute, 18 U.S.C. § 2425 ). - 33 - 223, 227 (1st Cir.”
Doe v. City of Waterbury (2006)
“§ 242 ; (2) conspiring to knowingly initiate the transmission of the minor victims’ names by using means of interstate commerce, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2425 and 371; and (3) knowingly initiating the transmission of the minor victims’ *541 names by using means of interstate…”
United States v. Brian Fay Jeremiah (2006)
“Brian Fay Jeremiah pleaded guilty to a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2425 (2000) for using interstate facilities to transmit information about a minor “with the intent to entice, encourage, offer, or solicit” criminal sexual activity, and the District Court sentenced Jeremiah to…”
United States v. Rafael Mercado Berrios (2022)
“§ 2422 (b) and use of interstate facilities to attempt to transmit information about a minor in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2425 . He opposed a government motion to preclude an entrapment de- fense, but the district court ruled against him.”
United States v. Giordano (2002)
“The remaining counts identify eleven separate instances in which Giordano and Jones are alleged to have knowingly initiated the transmission of the names of either victim by using cellular telephones and other telephones knowing that the victims had not attained the age of 16…”
Joe Daniel Holt, Jr. v. Robert M. Baker (2017)
“§ 241 ; deprived him of his rights, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2425 and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 ; stole his property, in violation of 18 U.”
United States v. Pierce (2011)
“3d at 39-41 (finding, as a matter of statutory interpretation, that intrastate telephone use constitutes the use of a facility or means of interstate commerce under 18 U.S.C. § 2425 (2006)); Marek, 238 F.3d at 315-16 (using statutory construction to determine whether use of an…”
United States v. Giordano (2003)
“§ 242 (Counts One and Two); (2) conspiring to knowingly initiate the transmission of the' minor victims’ names by using facilities and means of interstate and foreign commerce in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2425 and 371 (Count Three); and (3) knowingly initiating the transmission…”
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