Booth v. Secretary, Department of Corrections (Manatee)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TAMPA DIVISION ROOSEVELT CHARLES BOOTH, Applicant, v. CASE NO. 8:24-cv-336-SDM-CPT STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. / O R D E R An earlier order (Doc. 2) denies Booth’s application under

28 U.S.C. § 2241

for the writ of habeas corpus. The application challenged the validity of a state court’s setting of pre-trial bail. At the time of the application, Booth was no longer a pre-trial detainee but was (and is) imprisoned for life in the custody of the Florida Department of Corrections. More than a year later Booth files a “Petition for Writ of…