Pitts v. Secretary, Department of Corrections(Pinellas County)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TAMPA DIVISION CHARLES PITTS Petitioner, v. Case No. 8:19-cv-932-CEH-JSS SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent. / O R D E R This cause comes before the Court on Charles Pitts’s petition for the writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. 1) Pitts challenges his state convictions for sexual battery, false imprisonment, and domestic battery by strangulation. Upon consideration of the petition (Doc. 1), the response (Doc. 12), and the reply (Doc. 16), and in accordance with the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in the…