Alcegaire v. Secretary Florida Department Of Corrections

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TAMPA DIVISION JOHNATHAN I. ALCEGAIRE, Petitioner, v. Case No: 8:21-cv-2244-KKM-TGW SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent. ORDER The Court denied Johnathan Alcegaire’s motion for appointment of federal habeas counsel, finding the request “both premature as a statutory matter and not ripe as a constitutional one” because Alcegaire had not exhausted his state postconviction remedies. Alcegaire v. Sec’y, Fla. Dep’t of Corr.,__ F. Supp. 3d __, 2022 WL 610584, at *1 (M.D. Fla. 2022) (Mizelle, J.). Alcegaire moves for…