Evans v. Rozas

M.D. Florida

Evans v. Rozas

DecidedDecember 15, 2023

Docket8:23-cv-02365

StatusUnknown

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TAMPA DIVISION RICKEY LAMAR EVANS, JR., Plaintiff, Vv. Case No. 8:23-cv-2365-CEH-CPT MARRISSA K. ROZAS, et al., Defendants. / ORDER Plaintiff, a Florida pre-trial detainee, initiated this action by filing a civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Doc. 1). Now he has filed a petition for the writ of habeas corpus in this case (Doc. 3). The habeas petition must proceed in a separate case. See Kerlin v. Barnard, 742 F. App’x 488, 489 (11th Cir. 2018) (per curiam) (noting that a habeas petition and § 1983 claim are “mutually exclusive” and cannot be raised in the same action (citing Hutcherson v. Riley, 468 F.3d 750, 754 (11th Cir. 2006) and McNabb v. Comm’r Ala. Dep’t of Corr., 727 F.3d 1334, 1344 (11th Cir. 2013)). Accordingly, the Clerk is directed to (1) terminate the motion at docket entry #3; and (2) open a new civil action and docket the motion (Doc.# 3) as a petition for the writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 and docket a copy of this Order. ORDERED in Tampa, Florida, on December 15, 2023.

Chaken diwWJands Ho TDA pl yell 0. Charlene Edwards Honeywell United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TAMPA DIVISION RICKEY LAMAR EVANS, JR., Plaintiff, Vv. Case No. 8:23-cv-2365-CEH-CPT MARRISSA K. ROZAS, et al., Defendants. / ORDER Plaintiff, a Florida pre-trial detainee, initiated this action by filing a civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Doc. 1). Now he has filed a petition for the writ of habeas corpus in this case (Doc. 3). The habeas petition must proceed in a separate case. See Kerlin v. Barnard, 742 F. App’x 488, 489 (11th Cir. 2018) (per curiam) (noting that a habeas petition and § 1983 claim are “mutually exclusive” and cannot be raised in the same action (citing Hutcherson v. Riley, 468 F.3d 750, 754 (11th Cir. 2006) and McNabb v. Comm’r Ala. Dep’t of Corr., 727 F.3d 1334, 1344 (11th Cir. 2013)). Accordingly, the Clerk is directed to (1) terminate the motion at docket entry #3; and (2) open a new civil action and docket the motion (Doc.# 3) as a petition for the writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 and docket a copy of this Order. ORDERED in Tampa, Florida, on December 15, 2023.

Chaken diwWJands Ho TDA pl yell 0. Charlene Edwards Honeywell United States District Judge

Copy to: Plaintiff, pro se

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