Jones v. Secretary, Department of Corrections (Putnam County)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION JOHNNY L. JONES, Petitioner, v. Case No. 3:19-cv-1134-MMH-JBT SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., Respondents. ________________________________ ORDER I. Status Petitioner Johnny L. Jones, an inmate of the Florida penal system, initiated this action on October 3, 2019, by filing a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

(Doc. 1). He filed an Amended Petition (Doc. 6) on December 12, 2019.1 In the Amended Petition, Jones challenges a 2012 state court (Putnam County, Florida) judgment of…