Bivens v. Florida Department of Corrections

United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida Jerome E. Bivens, Petitioner ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 22-60351-Scola ) Sec’y, Fla. Dep’t of Corr., ) Respondent. Order Before the Court is Petitioner Jerome Biven’s petition under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

(ECF No. 1). For the reasons explained below, the petition is dismissed as untimely. 1. Background On November 20, 2015, Bivens was convicted by a jury in Case No. 13- 010590CF10A, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, in and for Broward County, for sexual battery. (See ECF No. 8-1 at 12).1 The trial court sentenced him to fifteen…