Court case

# United States v. Steven W. Chase

United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.

**Jurisdiction:** US

**Docket number:** Not published

**Linked takedowns:** 1

**People named:** 3

## Case record

**Court:** United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina

**Jurisdiction:** US

**Docket number:** Not published

**Status:** Convicted by jury 2016-09-16; sentenced 2017-05-01 to 30 years. Co-defendants Fluckiger and Browning pleaded guilty December 2015 and were sentenced to 240 months each.

**Status verified:** August 23, 2026

**Dataset id:** case\_us\_v\_chase

The status line was checked against the public record on August 23, 2026. Proceedings may have moved since.

What this case entry is.

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Sources for this entry were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 23, 2026.

## Takedowns linked to this case

1 takedown record in this index is linked to this case.

- [Operation Pacifier / Playpen](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-pacifier-playpen). Child sexual abuse material, February 2015

## People named in this case

3 people in this index are recorded as named in this case.

- [David Lynn Browning](https://takedownindex.org/people/david-lynn-browning). No alias recorded
- [Michael Fluckiger](https://takedownindex.org/people/michael-fluckiger). No alias recorded
- [Steven W. Chase](https://takedownindex.org/people/steven-w-chase). No alias recorded

## Sources

1 source support this entry. Each one is listed with the role it was relied on for.

- [Florida Man Sentenced to Prison for Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise](https://takedownindex.org/sources/fbi-us-doj-florida-man-sentenced-to-prison-for-engaging-in-a-child-exploitation-), Primary source. FBI / US DOJ, May 1, 2017. [https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/florida-man-sentenced-prison-engaging-child-exploitation-enterprise](https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/florida-man-sentenced-prison-engaging-child-exploitation-enterprise)

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