Day v. Secretary, Department of Corrections

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION MELVIN JEROME DAY, Petitioner, v. Case No. 3:15-cv-698-MMH-PDB SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., Respondents. ________________________________ ORDER I. Status Petitioner Melvin Day, an inmate of the Florida penal system, initiated this action on June 9, 2015,1 by filing a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

(Petition; Doc. 1). Day is proceeding on an amended petition filed on July 14, 2015 (Amended Petition; Doc. 10). In the Amended Petition, Day challenges a 1999 state court…