Bowers v. Secretary, Department of Corrections (Polk County)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TAMPA DIVISION DARRYL DONNELL BOWERS, Petitioner, v. Case No. 8:18-cv-2126-KKM-AEP SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent. ________________________________/ ORDER Darryl Donnell Bowers, a Florida prisoner, filed a pro se Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

challenging his state court conviction. (Doc. 1). Having considered the petition (id.), Bowers’s supplement (Doc. 4), Respondent’s opposition to the petition as time-barred (Doc. 16), Bowers’s counseled amended reply (Doc. 26), and Respondent’s sur-reply…