Michael Allen Griffin v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections

ED CARNES, Chief Judge:

Florida prisoner Michael Griffin asks us to reconsider the single-judge order denying him a certificate of appealability (COA). He argues that jurists of reason could debate whether Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(5) and 60(b)(6) permit him to challenge the district court’s judgment denying his § 2254 petition by seeking a retroactive application of the Supreme Court’s decisions in Trevino v. Thaler and Martinez v. Ryan. See Trevino, — U.S. —, 133 S.Ct. 1911, 185 L.Ed.2d 1044 (2013); Martinez, — U.S. —, 132 S.Ct. 1309, 182 L.Ed.2d 272 (2012).

Insofar as the Rule…