Mark Elliott v. Secretary, Department of Corrections

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TAMPA DIVISION MARK ELLIOTT, Petitioner, v. Case No. 8:23-cv-636-KKM-TGW SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent. ___________________________________ ORDER Mark Elliott, a Florida prisoner, timely1 filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his state-court convictions for second-degree witness intimidation and felony battery 1 A state prisoner has one year from the date his judgment becomes final to file a § 2254 petition. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1). This one-year limitation period is tolled…