Calder v. Florida Department of Corrections

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO. 23-cv-60762-ALTMAN WINSTON CALDER, Petitioner, v. RICKY D. DIXON, SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent. _______________________________________/ ORDER Our Petitioner, Winston Calder, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his state-court conviction and life sentence for the first-degree murder of his ex- girlfriend. See Petition [ECF No. 1] at 1–2. The State says that Calder’s “claims are all either affirmatively contradicted by the existing record or patently…