Budd v. Florida Department of Corrections

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO. 22-81441-CIV-ALTONAGA STEPHEN JEROME BUDD, Petitioner, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent. _____________________________/ ORDER THIS CAUSE came before the Court on Petitioner, Stephen Jerome Budd’s Petition Under 28 U.S.C. [Section] 2254 for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody [ECF No. 1]. Petitioner challenges the constitutionality of his state conviction and sentence in case number 2013-CF-003572 in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit for Palm Beach County, Florida. (See generally Pet.). Respondent…