PONTON v. SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 16-10683.

891 F.3d 950 (2018)

Alfonso PONTON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 4, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janice Louise Bergmann, Federal Public Defender's Office, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Michael Caruso, Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, Miami, FL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Douglas James Glaid, Marlon Weiss, Pam Bondi, Attorney General's Office, Miami, FL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before ED CARNES, Chief Judge, MARCUS, Circuit Judge, and ROSS, District Judge.


This case involves the effect of a Castro error in an earlier federal habeas proceeding on whether a later habeas petition is to be treated as second or successive for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b). See Castro v. United States, 540 U.S. 375, 124 S.Ct. 786, 157...

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