VELAZCO v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, SECRETARY

No. 13-12525.

774 F.3d 684 (2014)

Carlos VELAZCO, Petitioner-Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, SECRETARY, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 16, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Loren D. Rhoton , Ryan James Sydejko , Loren Rhoton, PA, Tampa, FL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Carlos Velazco, Wewahitchka, FL, pro se.

Georgina Jimenez-Orosa , Attorney General's Office, West Palm Beach, FL, Pam Bondi , Attorney General's Office, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before WILLIAM PRYOR and JORDAN, Circuit Judges, and WALTER, District Judge.


This appeal requires us to decide whether a district court erred when it denied a Florida prisoner's petition for a writ of habeas corpus without holding an evidentiary hearing. After a Florida court convicted Carlos Velazco of attempted second degree murder, Velazco unsuccessfully argued in a state postconviction proceeding...

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