United States v. Jason Taylor

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 14 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 22-50028

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 5:20-cr-00191-JGB-1 v.

JASON DEE TAYLOR, AKA capthaze69, MEMORANDUM* AKA Sugar Daddy, AKA RumbleFingers, AKA Seahorse869,

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Jesus G. Bernal, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted January 9, 2024 Pasadena, California

Before: CALLAHAN, CHRISTEN, and BENNETT, Circuit Judges. Concurrence by Judge CALLAHAN.

Jason Taylor met 15-year-old E.B. on a website called Seeking

Arrangements (Seeking.com) and had sex with her twice in exchange for $700, a

cellphone, and clothes. A jury convicted Taylor of sex trafficking a minor under

18 U.S.C. § 1591 and enticement of a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. under 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b). Taylor now…