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

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION THOMAS BENJAMIN BROWN, Petitioner, v. Case No. 3:19-cv-808-TJC-PDB SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., Respondents. ________________________________ ORDER I. Status Petitioner, an inmate of the Florida penal system, is proceeding on a pro se Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus Under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

(Doc. 1). In 2002, in Duval County, Florida, Petitioner pled guilty to sexual battery and was sentenced to 7 years imprisonment to be followed by 5 years of sex offender probation. However, in 2013, while…