United States v. United States District Court For The Central District Of California, Los Angeles

858 F.2d 534 99 A.L.R.Fed. 619 UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR the CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, Respondent. Ronald Renee Kantor, Rupert Sebastian McNee and James Marvin Souter, Jr., Real Parties in Interest. No. 88-7053. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 13, 1988. Decided Sept. 29, 1988. Ronni B. MacLaren, Asst. U.S. Atty., Criminal Div., Los Angeles, Cal., and Janis Kockritz, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for petitioner. John H. Weston, Cathy E. Crosson, Brown, Weston & Sarno, Beverly Hills, Cal., for real parties in interest. Richard Green, ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Los Angeles, Cal., for American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California as amicus curiae. Petition for Writ of Mandamus to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before CANBY, BEEZER and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges. KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge: 1 Defendants are charged with violating 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2251 (a) (Supp. IV 1986), which prohibits the production of materials depicting a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. We consider whether they…