PATTERSON v. SECRETARY, FLA. DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 12-12653.

849 F.3d 1321 (2017)

Ace PATTERSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 3, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erica Hashimoto , Georgetown Appellate Litigation Clinic, Zaneta Kim , Branden Lewiston , Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, Zack Kelehear , Maria Rivera-Diaz , University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, GA, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Bryan G. Jordan , Pam Bondi , Attorney General's Office, Tallahassee, FL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Michelle Yard , Conrad Benjamin Kahn , Federal Public Defender's Office, Orlando, FL, for Amici Curiae.

Before ED CARNES, Chief Judge, TJOFLAT, HULL, MARCUS, WILSON, WILLIAM PRYOR, MARTIN, JORDAN, ROSENBAUM, JULIE CARNES, and JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judges.


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