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

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION CHRIS LEONARD THORNES, Petitioner, v. Case No. 3:20-cv-347-MMH-PDB SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., Respondents. ________________________________ ORDER I. Status Petitioner Chris Leonard Thornes, an inmate of the Florida penal system, initiated this action on March 31, 2020,1 by filing a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

(Petition; Doc. 1).2 Thornes proceeds on a Second Amended Petition (Doc. 11). In the Second Amended Petition, Thornes challenges a 2014 state court (Duval…