United States v. Carsten Rosenow

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 20-50052 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. 3:17-cr-03430-

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CARSTEN IGOR ROSENOW, AKA

Carlos Senta, Defendant-Appellant. OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California William Q. Hayes, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 8, 2021 Pasadena, California

Filed April 27, 2022

Before: Susan P. Graber, Consuelo M. Callahan, and Danielle J. Forrest, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Forrest; Dissent by Judge Graber SUMMARY *

Criminal Law

The panel affirmed a conviction and sentence on one count of attempted sexual exploitation of a child, 18 U.S.C. § 2251(c), and one count of possession of sexually explicit images of children, 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B), in a case in which the defendant was arrested returning from the Philippines, where he engaged in sex tourism involving minors.

The defendant arranged these illegal activities through online messaging services provided by electronic service providers (ESPs) Yahoo and Facebook. His…