Nash v. Secretary, Department of Corrections

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TAMPA DIVISION ERNEST JEROME NASH, Petitioner, v. Case No. 8:16-cv-2566-MSS-TGW SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent. ORDER Ernest Jerome Nash petitions for a writ of habeas corpus under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

and challenges his state-court convictions for trafficking in heroin and conspiracy to traffic in heroin. After reviewing the petition (Dkt. 1), the response (Dkt. 14), the state-court record (Dkt. 16), the reply (Dkt. 19), and the parties’ supplemental briefs, (Dkts. 25, 27), the Court DENIES the petition.1 I. BACKGROUND…