Mattingly v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION CASEY STUART MATTINGLY, Petitioner, v. Case No. 3:17-cv-261-J-34JBT SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., Respondents. ________________________________ ORDER I. Status Petitioner Casey Mattingly, an inmate of the Florida penal system, initiated this action by filing, pursuant to the mailbox rule, a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

(Petition; Doc. 1) on February 24, 2017. In the Petition, Mattingly challenges a 2016 state court (Duval County, Florida) judgment of conviction for…