Brown v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION TAURICE LEONARD BROWN, Petitioner, v. Case No. 3:17-cv-416-J-34JBT SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., Respondents. ________________________________ ORDER I. Status Petitioner Taurice Brown, an inmate of the Florida penal system, initiated this action on April 4, 2017,1 by filing a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

(Petition; Doc. 1). In the Petition, Brown challenges a 2012 state court (Duval County, Florida) judgment of conviction for first degree murder and attempted first…