Collins v. Secretary, Department of Corrections

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION JAMES L. COLLINS, JR., Petitioner, v. Case No. 3:18-cv-164-J-34JBT SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., Respondents. ________________________________ ORDER I. Status Petitioner James L. Collins, Jr., an inmate of the Florida penal system, initiated this action on January 23, 2018,1 by filing a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

(Petition; Doc. 1). In the Petition, Collins challenges a 2013 state court (Duval County, Florida) judgment of conviction for grand theft. He raises four…