United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

August Term 2022 Argued: November 23, 2022 Decided: January 30, 2023

No. 21-0707

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Appellee, v. KHAWAJA MUHAMMAD FAROOQ, Defendant-Appellant.

On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Before: KEARSE, PARK, and MENASHI, Circuit Judges.

Defendant-Appellant Khawaja Muhammad Farooq pled guilty to one count of extortion under 18 U.S.C. § 875(d) for threatening to disseminate nude photographs of Jane Doe if she did not return to a relationship with him. Farooq now appeals, arguing that the plea proceedings were defective because the district court did not explain the “wrongfulness” element of extortion under United States v. Jackson, 180 F.3d 55 (2d Cir. 1999). He also challenges two special conditions of supervised release