WICHITA, Kan.  -  A Wichita man serving nearly 27 years in prison for getting a girl ,14, to text him a nude photo of herself has dropped his appeal.  The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a request Tuesday from Shane McClelland, 26, to dismiss his appeal.
     A federal judge in Wichita sentenced McClelland last year as a repeat sex offender, saying the long prison term was necessary to deter him from further crimes and to protect the public.   McClelland's lawyer argued the sentence for a single nude photo amounted to cruel and unusual punishment.
     A jury found McClelland guilty of one count of obtaining a picture from the girl in upstate New York via Yahoo! messaging. He was acquitted of a similar count involving another teen.