King v. Secretary, Department of Corrections

UMNIIDTEDDL ES TDAISTTERS IDCITS TORFI FCLTO CROIDURAT TAMPA DIVISION WILLIAM C. KING Applicant, v. CASE NO. 8:23-cv-2528-SDM-SPF SECRETARY, Department of Corrections, Respondent. ____________________________________/ ORDER King applies under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

for the writ of habeas corpus (Doc. 1) and challenges the validity of his state conviction for first-degree murder, for which he is imprisoned for life. The respondent moves (Doc. 11) to dismiss the application for lack of jurisdiction because the application is barred as an unauthorized “second or successive” application. In 1975 King…