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Case: 17-10312      Document: 00514323454         Page: 1    Date Filed: 01/26/2018

           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
                                                                         United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                  Fifth Circuit

                                    No. 17-10312                                FILED
                                  Summary Calendar                       January 26, 2018
                                                                           Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                Clerk
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                 Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

JIMMY GORDON,

                                                 Defendant-Appellant

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Northern District of Texas
                             USDC No. 3:16-CR-208-1

Before WIENER, DENNIS, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
       Jimmy Gordon appeals his guilty plea conviction for sexual exploitation
of a minor in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a). Gordon argues that the conduct
described in the factual resume supporting his guilty plea was not sufficient to
establish the offense of conviction because it did not reflect that a minor
engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

       * Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH
CIR. R. 47.5.4.
    Case: 17-10312     Document: 00514323454     Page: 2   Date Filed: 01/26/2018

                                  No. 17-10312

      Because Gordon did not object to the factual sufficiency of the factual
resume in the district court, review is for plain error. See United States v.
McCall, 833 F.3d 560, 562 (5th Cir. 2016); United States v. Trejo, 610 F.3d 308,
313 (5th Cir. 2010). Courts employ a six-factor test to determine whether an
image depicts sexually explicit conduct. See United States v. Steen, 634 F.3d
822, 826 (5th Cir. 2011). A review of those factors in light of the stipulations
in the written factual resume, Gordon’s admissions at his rearraignment, and
the record as a whole, see Trejo, 610 F.3d at 313, shows that the district
committed no clear or obvious error in finding a sufficient factual basis for
Gordon’s guilty plea. Specifically, the record supports a conclusion that the
focal point of the image in question was the child’s uncovered genitalia and
that the image was created to be sent to a third party to elicit a sexual response
from the viewer. See McCall, 833 F.3d at 563–64. Gordon’s argument that the
factual resume was insufficient because it did not reflect that the minor
actively engaged in the sexually explicit conduct is without merit. See id. at
563 n.4, 564 n.6.
      For the foregoing reasons, the judgment is AFFIRMED.

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