Gates v. Secretary, Department of Corrections

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION ANTHONY GATES, Petitioner, VS. Case No. 3:16-cv-1457-HES-JBT SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., Respondents. ORDER I. INTRODUCTION Petitioner Anthony Gates, proceeding pro se, initiated this case by filing a Petition Under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

for Writ of Habeas Corpus By a Person in State Custody (Petition) (Doc. 1). He challenges his state court (Duval County) conviction for conspiracy to traffic in cocaine. Petition at 1-2. Petitioner raises nine grounds in the Petition: (1) ineffective assistance of…