Legal Opinion
Taylor v. Secretary, Department of Corrections (Hillsborough County)
District Court, M.D. Florida
Decided February 17, 2023No. 8:12-cv-01169Unknown
1Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TAMPA DIVISION WILLIAM KENNETH TAYLOR, Petitioner, v. Case No. 8:12-cv-1169-KKM-AEP DEATH CASE SECRETARY, Department of Corrections, Respondent. ORDER William Kenneth Taylor, a Florida prisoner, filed a Petition for the Writ of Habeas Corpus under
28 U.S.C. § 2254
challenging his murder conviction and death sentence (Doc. 1.) The Court dismissed the petition as untimely and declined to issue a Certificate of Appealability (COA). (Doc. 91.) A prisoner seeking a writ of habeas corpus has no absolute entitlement to appeal a district court’s…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Martinez v. RyanSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
- Thomas D. Arthur v. Kim Tobias ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2014
- Juan Carlos Chavez v. Secretary, Florida Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2014
- Harry Lee Butler v. Secretary, Florida Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2015