United States v. Glenn Alan Nelson

61 F.3d 914 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Glenn Alan NELSON, Defendant-Appellant. No. 94-50376. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted July 13, 1995. * Decided July 21, 1995. 1 Before: FARRIS and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges; TASHIMA, ** District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM *** 3 Glenn Alan Nelson appeals his conviction for engaging a minor in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of creating a visual depiction of that conduct in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2251 . Nelson also challenges the $50,000 fine imposed upon him by the sentencing court. We affirm. 4 * Nelson first contends that 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2251 (a) does not apply to his extraterritorial acts, and thus that he was improperly convicted thereunder. 5 We rejected Nelson's exact argument in United States v. Thomas, 893 F.2d 1066, 1069 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 826 (1990), reversed on other grounds, United States v. X-Citement…