Hurst v. Secretary, Department of Corrections (Pasco County)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TAMPA DIVISION WILLIAM GARY HURST, Petitioner, v. Case No. 8:21-cv-2396-KKM-AEP SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent. ___________________________________ ORDER William Gary Hurst, a Florida prisoner, timely1 filed a pro se Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his state-court conviction for first-degree murder. (Doc. 1.) Having considered the petition, (id.), the response in opposition, (Doc. 9), and the reply, (Doc. 15), the petition is denied. Because reasonable jurists would not disagree, a…