Legal Opinion

Bell v. Secretary

District Court, M.D. Florida

Decided July 10, 2025No. 3:25-cv-00774Unknown

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION MICHAEL BERNARD BELL, Petitioner, v. Case No. 3:25-cv-774-WWB-PDB SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., Respondents. ________________________________ ORDER I. Status Petitioner Michael Bernard Bell, a Florida death row inmate who is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, initiated this case, with help from court-appointed counsel, by filing a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus Under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. 1). Petitioner claims that his death sentence is unconstitutional because the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Ford v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. Panetti v. QuartermanSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  5. Mitchell A. Insignares v. Secretary, Florida Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2014

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