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Bates v. Secretary, Department of Corrections (Manatee County)
District Court, M.D. Florida
Decided July 22, 2025No. 8:22-cv-02895Unknown
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TAMPA DIVISION JAMES E. BATES, Petitioner, v. Case No. 8:22-cv-2895-KKM-SPF SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent. ___________________________________ ORDER James E. Bates, a Florida prisoner, timely1 filed a pro se Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his state-court convictions for first-degree felony murder and robbery. (Doc. 1.) Having considered the petition, (id.), and the response in opposition, (Doc. 16), the petition is denied.2 Because reasonable jurists would not disagree, a…
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- Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
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