Cedric Maurice Bucklon v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections

Cedric Bucklon, a Florida prisoner proceeding pro se, appeals the district court’s denial of his Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6) motion for relief from judgment. In that motion, he sought to reopen his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 federal habeas proceedings for grounds 5 through 8 of his original petition. 1 The district court previously dismissed Bucklon’s original § 2254 petition as procedurally barred under Florida law because Bucklon had not briefed them in his appeal from the denial of his state post-conviction petition. However, in Cunningham v. State, 131 So.3d 793 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012),…