United States v. Eugene Sykora

967 F.2d 595 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eugene SYKORA, Defendant-Appellant. No. 90-30425. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 4, 1992. Decided June 4, 1992. Before PREGERSON, TROTT and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Defendant Eugene Sykora appeals his conviction of knowingly receiving visual depictions of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct on the grounds of entrapment. 18 U.S.C. § 2252 (a)(2) (1988). As part of "Operation Circe," a child pornography sting operation, Customs officials obtained Sykora's name from two mailing lists of organizations involved in child pornography. On September 7, 1988, Customs officials sent Sykora a questionnaire through a Bangkok front operation. He responded ten days later indicating that he was interested in receiving material related to child pornography. On April 19, 1989, the officials sent him a catalogue…