HERNANDEZ-ALBERTO v. SECRETARY, FL DOC

No. 14-14092.

840 F.3d 1360 (2016)

Pedro HERNANDEZ-ALBERTO, Petitioner-Appellant, v. SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Attorney General, State of Florida, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 4, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda McDermott , McClain & McDermott, PA, Wilton Manors, FL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Timothy A. Freeland , Attorney General's Office, Criminal Division, for Respondents-Appellees.

Before ED CARNES, Chief Judge, ROSENBAUM, and JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judges.


In this appeal, we consider whether, for purposes of federal habeas law, a Florida postconviction petition properly filed by a death-row prisoner claiming incompetency remains pending through the final resolution of the postconviction proceedings despite the state court's having found the prisoner competent before the end of those proceedings...

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