Floyd v. Department of Corrections

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TAMPA DIVISION FRANKLIN D. FLOYD, Petitioner, -VS- Case No. 8:06-cv-1402-WFJ-TGW SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent. / ORDER Mr. Floyd was an inmate of the Florida penal system when he initiated this action by filing a petition for the writ of habeas corpus challenging his sentence of death. On January 25, 2023, Respondent filed a Suggestion of Death stating Mr. Floyd died on January 23, 2023 (Doc. 196). Mr. Floyd’s habeas petition is therefore moot. See Powell v. McCormack,

89 S. Ct. 1944, 1951

(1969) (“[A] case is moot when…