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M.D. Fla.·
2025-01-23
The court held that the petitioner's claims lacked merit, including those based on sovereign citizen theories, denial of self-representation, insufficient record, and violation of confrontation rights.
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S.D. Fla.·
2025-01-21
The court held that the federal habeas petition is premature because a state post-conviction motion remains pending, and therefore state remedies are not fully exhausted.
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-01-21
The court held that the petitioner's claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel was not substantial enough to overcome procedural default under the Martinez v. Ryan exception.
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-01-09
The court held that defects in state collateral proceedings are not cognizable for federal habeas relief, a plea agreement including a waived minimum mandatory sentence is permissible under Florida law, and a claim not raised in state court is procedurally barred unless specific
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-01-08
Federal habeas relief is denied because the state court's rejection of the ineffective assistance of counsel claims was not contrary to federal law and not based on an unreasonable determination of facts.
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-01-07
Roderick James Ivery, a Florida prisoner convicted of sexual battery, filed a federal habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his conviction. The district court denied relief on all grounds, finding no constitutional violations warranting federal habeas review and reje
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-12-30
The court denied the petition for a writ of habeas corpus, finding that the petitioner's claim regarding the denial of a mistrial was procedurally barred and, alternatively, meritless.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-12-04
The court held that a pretrial detainee cannot seek habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, and relief under § 2241 is barred by the Younger abstention doctrine and failure to exhaust state remedies.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-11-27
George Tay challenged his state court convictions for possessing 100 counts of child pornography by filing a federal habeas petition claiming ineffective assistance of counsel. The federal district court denied Tay's petition after finding that trial counsel's performance was not
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-11-26
William Gary Hurst, convicted of first-degree murder in the 1982 death of his wife Amy Hurst based on evidence surfaced nearly thirty years later, sought federal habeas corpus relief challenging his conviction on multiple grounds including ineffective assistance of counsel and ju
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-11-25
Julio Villanueva-Vasquez petitioned for federal habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his Florida state convictions for attempted second-degree murder, aggravated stalking, burglary with assault, domestic violence injunction violation, and criminal mischief ari
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-11-13
The court denied the motion for reconsideration because the petitioner failed to establish extraordinary circumstances and did not address the dispositive issue of whether his state motion was pending.
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S.D. Fla.·
2024-11-12
The court recommended denying the petition for writ of habeas corpus, finding that the state court's decisions were not contrary to federal law and that certain claims were procedurally barred.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-11-07
The court held that the petitioner's motion for postconviction relief must be dismissed without prejudice because he has not exhausted his state remedies and has not stated a cognizable federal claim.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-10-29
The court held that the petitioner's claims of due process violation and ineffective assistance of counsel were procedurally barred or without merit, as his plea was knowingly and voluntarily entered and any motion to withdraw it would have been denied.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-10-21
Jesse Alonso, a Florida prisoner, filed a pro se petition for federal habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his conviction for resisting an officer with violence. The district court dismissed the petition as premature because Alonso had not exhausted available state co
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-10-18
The court granted the petitioner's motion to stay his federal habeas corpus petition pending the resolution of his state collateral proceedings.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-10-15
The court held that the federal habeas petition was premature because the petitioner had not exhausted his state court remedies.
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N.D. Fla.·
2024-10-11
Roosevelt Kirk, a juvenile offender sentenced to life with parole for a 1983 murder, sought federal habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, arguing his resentencing violated the Eighth Amendment under Miller v. Alabama. The federal court denied relief, holding that Miller does not
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N.D. Fla.·
2024-09-30
The court held that certain claims were procedurally defaulted and unexhausted, and that the remaining claims did not meet the standard for federal habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d).
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-09-27
The court held that a federal court should not interfere with pending state criminal proceedings absent exceptional circumstances, and that claims must be exhausted in state court.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-09-25
Rashane Jones, a Florida inmate convicted of three counts of attempted second-degree murder and one count of felon in possession of a firearm, filed a federal habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his 2014 state court conviction. The District Court for the Mid
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-09-25
The court held that a federal habeas petition is premature if the petitioner has not exhausted all available state remedies, including appeal to the state's highest court.
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N.D. Fla.·
2024-09-23
The court held that a state pretrial detainee must exhaust all available state remedies before seeking a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-09-23
The federal habeas petition is dismissed without prejudice because the petitioner has not exhausted his state court remedies.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-09-18
The court denied the petition for writ of habeas corpus, finding no constitutional violation or unreasonable application of federal law by the state courts.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-09-17
A federal habeas court denied Greg Crawford's petition challenging his Florida conviction for lewd or lascivious battery on a 15-year-old girl, holding that trial counsel was not ineffective for advising him not to testify, failing to call certain witnesses, or forgoing certain c
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N.D. Fla.·
2024-09-16
The court held that a federal court should abstain from interfering with pending state criminal proceedings under the Younger doctrine when state remedies are available and no extraordinary circumstances exist.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-09-13
The court held that most of the applicant's claims are procedurally barred from federal review due to failure to exhaust state remedies or procedural default, and the applicant failed to establish cause and prejudice or a fundamental miscarriage of justice.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-09-11
The court held that a federal habeas petition is premature if the petitioner has not exhausted all available state remedies.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-09-11
The court denied the petition for a writ of habeas corpus, finding that the state court's denial of the ineffective assistance of counsel claims was not contrary to or an unreasonable application of federal law.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-09-10
The court denied a federal habeas corpus petition because the petitioner failed to show that state courts unreasonably applied federal law or made unreasonable factual determinations regarding his claims of ineffective assistance of counsel.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-09-09
Henry Coldridge Mills, a Florida inmate serving a twenty-year sentence for attempted second-degree murder and firearms offenses, filed a federal habeas petition challenging his state conviction on six grounds, including claims of ineffective assistance of counsel, evidentiary err
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-09-05
Louis Alexander Wingard, a state prisoner convicted of home invasion robbery and other firearms offenses, filed a federal habeas petition challenging his conviction on nine separate grounds, all of which were either procedurally defaulted or lacked merit under AEDPA's deferential
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-09-05
James Willie Holt, an inmate challenging his 2016 conviction for lewd or lascivious molestation of a three-year-old, petitioned for federal habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, raising four grounds including claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel and confrontat
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-09-05
The court held that the exclusion of physical handwritten cards did not violate the petitioner's right to present a defense, and that claims of prosecutorial misconduct and ineffective assistance of counsel were either procedurally barred or reasonably rejected by the state court
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-08-28
The court held that the state court's rejection of the petitioner's claims was not contrary to or an unreasonable application of federal law, nor based on an unreasonable determination of facts.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-08-26
The court held that the petitioner's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel were either procedurally barred or failed on the merits, as the state court's decisions were not contrary to federal law and were based on reasonable determinations of fact.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-08-23
The federal court denied the habeas petition, finding the state court's adjudication of the ineffective assistance of counsel claim was not contrary to federal law and not based on an unreasonable determination of facts.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-08-23
Richard A. Roberts, convicted of sexual battery on a child based on testimony from two victims describing abuse occurring in the early 1980s, sought federal habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, raising seven grounds including claims regarding the admission of collateral-act evid
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-08-20
The court held that the petitioner's Fourth Amendment claim is barred from federal habeas review.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-08-09
The court denied the petition for a writ of habeas corpus, finding no constitutional violations in the state court proceedings.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-08-07
Joseph Luis Levin, an inmate serving a 44-year sentence for six counts of lewd or lascivious battery, one count of soliciting a child via computer, and one count of traveling to meet a minor, challenged his convictions in a federal habeas corpus petition, raising claims of incomp
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-07-25
The court held that the petitioner's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel was unexhausted and procedurally defaulted, and he failed to demonstrate cause and prejudice to overcome the default.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-07-17
Noe Juarez sought federal habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his Florida conviction for manslaughter while driving under the influence and related offenses, for which he received a twenty-year sentence. The federal court denied relief on all grounds, finding
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-07-11
Henderson, a state prisoner, sought federal habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 challenging a state speedy trial violation. The district court dismissed the petition as premature for lack of exhaustion of state remedies and because § 2241 is limited to federal constitutio
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N.D. Fla.·
2024-07-01
A federal district court dismissed a habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. §2241 filed by a petitioner against the State of Florida, finding that the petitioner failed to exhaust state remedies and that Younger abstention doctrine barred federal jurisdiction.
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-06-13
The court held that the petition for writ of habeas corpus must be dismissed without prejudice because the petitioner has not exhausted his state remedies.
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S.D. Fla.·
2024-06-13
Jabbaar Mujaahid Abdul challenged his Florida conviction and sentence through federal habeas corpus, raising four grounds including claims of prosecutorial Brady violations, ineffective assistance of counsel, structural defects, and an alleged conflict of interest with his public
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M.D. Fla.·
2024-06-12
The court held that the petitioner's claims were procedurally barred from federal review because he failed to exhaust state remedies by not presenting the federal nature of his claims to the state courts and did not demonstrate cause and prejudice or a miscarriage of justice.