BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
Joel Grogan Zigler pled guilty to production of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) and (e). At sentencing, the district court
On September 21, 2011, a federal grand jury indicted Zigler with two counts of production of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) and (e). Zigler pled guilty to count one of the two-count indictment for using A.W., a minor, to engage in "sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing [a] visual depiction of
Zigler appeals the district court's judgment.
"We review de novo the district court's use of prior convictions for sentencing enhancement purposes." United States v. Lockwood, 446 F.3d 825, 827 (8th Cir.2006).
A defendant convicted of violating section 2251(a) faces a mandatory minimum sentence of fifteen years in prison. 18 U.S.C. § 2251(e). But if the defendant has a prior conviction "under the laws of any State relating to ... the production... of child pornography," the mandatory minimum sentence increases to twenty-five years. Id. "The phrase `relating to' carries a broad ordinary meaning, i.e., to stand in some relation to; to have bearing or concern; to pertain; refer; to bring into association or connection with." United States v. Sonnenberg, 556 F.3d 667, 671 (8th Cir. 2009) (internal quotations and citations omitted). We give other terms their ordinary meaning. See Perrin v. United States, 444 U.S. 37, 42, 100 S.Ct. 311, 62 L.Ed.2d 199 (1979) ("A fundamental canon of statutory construction is that, unless otherwise defined, words will be interpreted as taking their ordinary, contemporary, common meaning.")
Sonnenberg, 556 F.3d at 669-70 (internal citations omitted). By using the categorical approach, we do not consider the particular offender's specific conduct. See United States v. Williams, 627 F.3d 324, 327 (8th Cir.2010).
At the time of Zigler's 1988 conviction, section 617.246, subd. 2, stated, in relevant part:
Minn.Stat. § 617.246, subd. 2 (1988). Looking to Zigler's 1988 conviction and the statutory definition of his offense, the question therefore is whether the full range of conduct encompassed by section 617.246, subd. 2 "relat[es] to ... the production... of child pornography." 18 U.S.C. § 2251(e).
Zigler contends section 617.246, subd. 2, proscribes conduct that does not relate to
As we read section 617.246, subd. 2, the full range of conduct proscribed would constitute conduct that qualifies as a predicate offense because it stands in some relation to the production of child pornography. On its face, the Minnesota statute requires the use of a minor, posing or modeling in any sexual performance, and knowledge that the conduct intended was a sexual performance. Where all elements are present, the criminalized conduct necessarily "relat[es] to" the production of child pornography. Therefore, Zigler's 1988 state conviction effectively triggered the increased mandatory minimum of twenty-five years pursuant to section 2251(e).
We affirm the district court's judgment.