Cummings v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections (Duval County)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION HORACE B. CUMMINGS, Petitioner, vs. Case No. 3:21-cv-711-TJC-LLL SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., Respondents. ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE I. Status Petitioner, Horace B. Cummings, an inmate of the Florida penal system, initiated this case by filing a pro se Petition Under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Doc. 1). Respondents filed a response asking that this case be dismissed because the Petition is second or successive and is otherwise untimely filed. See Doc. 30 (Resp.).1…