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The court held that the petitioner's claims for federal habeas relief were denied because the alleged trial error was harmless, the second claim was procedurally defaulted, and the remaining claims of ineffective assistance of counsel were meritless.
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-09-16
The court held that the petitioner's claims were waived by his guilty plea and, alternatively, that the claims lacked merit and were procedurally barred. A certificate of appealability was denied.
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-09-16
The court held that the habeas corpus application was timely filed because the petitioner's post-conviction appeal was deemed timely under the prison mailbox rule, which tolled the federal statute of limitations.
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-09-16
The court held that the petitioner failed to establish ineffective assistance of counsel or prosecutorial misconduct, and thus his petition for a writ of habeas corpus is denied.
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-09-16
Charles Southern, convicted as a juvenile of second-degree murder at age seventeen, petitioned for federal habeas corpus relief challenging his life sentence, arguing his resentencing counsel provided ineffective assistance and the trial court lacked jurisdiction to resentence hi
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N.D. Fla.·
2025-09-15
The court recommended dismissal of the petition for writ of habeas corpus as duplicative.
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N.D. Fla.·
2025-09-15
Segwayne Kirk Anthony Goldson challenged his 2016 conviction for sexual battery by filing a federal habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, raising claims of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel regarding a sentencing enhancement and ineffective assistance of trial counsel
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-09-15
Anthony Lamar Simmons, an inmate challenging his conviction for attempted second-degree murder and attempted armed robbery, sought federal habeas relief on claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. The Middle District of Florida rejected all four grounds, holding that th
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-09-12
Michael Jerome Lee, an inmate in Florida's penal system, sought federal habeas corpus relief from three 2018 state court convictions for fleeing to elude police, aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, and driving with a revoked license, raising claims of ineffective ass
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-09-12
The court held that it lacks subject matter jurisdiction over a federal prisoner's habeas corpus petition challenging the validity of his convictions and sentence, as the remedy under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 is not inadequate or ineffective.
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The court held that a habeas petition must be dismissed without prejudice if it is duplicative of another pending action.
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-09-10
A petitioner is not 'in custody' for habeas corpus purposes if their sentence has fully expired, even if collateral consequences remain.
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S.D. Fla.·
2025-09-09
Timothy Hightower, a state prisoner convicted of cocaine trafficking offenses within 1,000 feet of a church, sought federal habeas relief challenging his conviction on grounds that the trial court improperly denied severance of separate charges, that a detective's testimony regar
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The court held that the petition for injunctive relief must be dismissed without prejudice because the petitioner failed to exhaust state remedies and the court must abstain from interfering with ongoing state proceedings.
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The court adopted the Magistrate Judge's recommendation to dismiss the complaint with prejudice, finding that federal courts lack jurisdiction over state family court proceedings.
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An attorney's negligence, even gross negligence, does not constitute the extraordinary circumstances required for equitable tolling of a federal habeas petition deadline.
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-09-08
The court held that the petitioner's habeas corpus claim for unlawful detention was premature because the six-month period for removal had not yet passed.
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N.D. Fla.·
2025-09-08
The court held that a federal habeas petition filed without prior authorization from the court of appeals is an unauthorized successive petition over which the district court lacks jurisdiction.
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-09-08
The court denied the petition for writ of habeas corpus, finding that the state court's rejection of the petitioner's ineffective assistance of counsel claims was not contrary to or an unreasonable application of federal law.
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-09-05
The court held that a habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 is not the proper vehicle for challenging the conditions of confinement, and that warrantless arrests are permissible if officers have reasonable suspicion of illegal presence.
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The court held that it lacks jurisdiction to consider a petition for habeas corpus challenging a final order of removal.
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-09-04
The court held that the petitioner's habeas petition was untimely because it was filed nearly two years after the one-year limitations period expired, and his claim of mental disability did not warrant equitable tolling.
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S.D. Fla.·
2025-09-04
The court held that the petitioner's federal habeas corpus petition was untimely filed under AEDPA, as it was filed more than one year after his state conviction became final and he failed to establish any exceptions to the limitations period.
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Fla. 3d DCA·
2025-09-03
A petition challenging a state agency's parole eligibility determination should be treated as a mandamus action and transferred to Leon County, where the state agency maintains its principal headquarters, rather than dismissed on the merits.
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-09-03
The court denied the petitioner's motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction, finding he was unlikely to succeed on the merits and that injunctive relief was not in the public interest.
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-09-02
The court denied the habeas petition because the claims were unexhausted, procedurally defaulted, or failed on the merits.
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S.D. Fla.·
2025-08-31
The court denied the petition for writ of habeas corpus, finding most claims unexhausted or procedurally barred, and others without merit or jurisdiction.
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S.D. Fla.·
2025-08-29
The court held that the petitioner failed to demonstrate that the state court's denial of his habeas corpus claims was contrary to or an unreasonable application of federal law.
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-08-29
The court held that the inmate received all required due process protections and that the disciplinary decision was supported by 'some evidence,' thus denying the habeas petition.
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The District Court adopted a magistrate judge's recommendation to dismiss a §2241 habeas petition under the Younger abstention doctrine, finding that federal court intervention was inappropriate where state court proceedings were ongoing. The court also denied a certificate of ap
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The circuit court properly summarily denied Bell's postconviction motion because his claims challenging the voluntariness of his waivers of counsel and a penalty-phase jury were procedurally barred as claims that could have been raised on direct appeal, and were in any event conc
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The court held that a pro se prisoner's civil rights complaint should be dismissed for failure to pay the filing fee or seek pauper status and for failing to truthfully disclose prior litigation history.
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Hurst v. Florida does not apply retroactively to sentences that became final before Ring v. Arizona, and habeas corpus cannot be used to relitigate issues that could have been raised on direct appeal.
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S.D. Fla.·
2025-08-27
The District Court affirmed and adopted the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation, denying the Petitioner's Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus and a certificate of appealability.
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-08-26
Federal habeas relief is denied because the state court's decisions were not contrary to, nor an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law, nor based on an unreasonable determination of the facts.
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George Shrader challenged his 1986 conviction for the murder and sexual battery of Sharon Moss based on DNA evidence obtained 25 years after the crime, raising claims of jury contamination, insufficient evidence, ineffective counsel, and prosecutorial misconduct. The federal cour
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The court denied the petition for a writ of habeas corpus, finding no merit in the petitioner's claims regarding hearsay, sentencing, ineffective assistance of counsel, judicial bias, or opening the door to harmful testimony.
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-08-25
The court held that the petitioner's federal habeas corpus petition was time-barred because he failed to demonstrate the necessary diligence for equitable tolling.
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-08-22
The court held that the petitioner's habeas corpus petition, emergency motion for a temporary restraining order, and motion for return were moot because the petitioner had been removed from the United States.
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N.D. Fla.·
2025-08-22
The court recommended dismissal of the petition for writ of habeas corpus because it was duplicative of prior filings.
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N.D. Fla.·
2025-08-22
The court held that the petitioner's current habeas corpus petition should be dismissed without prejudice as duplicative of prior filings.
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N.D. Fla.·
2025-08-22
The court held that the petition for writ of habeas corpus should be dismissed without prejudice as duplicative of prior filings.
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N.D. Fla.·
2025-08-21
The court held that a habeas corpus petition should be dismissed without prejudice as duplicative if it raises the same or substantially similar issues as prior pending or dismissed cases.
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N.D. Fla.·
2025-08-21
A prisoner has no enforceable interest in transfer to prerelease custody on his earliest eligibility date, and BOP placement decisions are not reviewable by courts.
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N.D. Fla.·
2025-08-21
The court recommended dismissal of the habeas corpus petition as duplicative of prior filings.
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-08-21
The court held that the petitioner failed to demonstrate that the state court's denial of his ineffective assistance of counsel claims was contrary to or an unreasonable application of federal law.
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-08-20
The court granted Petitioner's motion to supplement the record with an audio recording, but denied his motion for summary judgment and other related motions.
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-08-20
Jeffrey Allen Weddington II, incarcerated in the Florida penal system, sought federal habeas corpus relief challenging his 2017 state court conviction for sexual battery, domestic felony battery, and false imprisonment, but the federal district court denied relief on all four gro
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Fla. 1st DCA·
2025-08-20
The petition for writ of habeas corpus was dismissed.
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M.D. Fla.·
2025-08-20
The petition is denied because it is insufficiently pleaded and fails on the merits, and a certificate of appealability will not issue.