UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA FORT MYERS DIVISION

BILLY RAY WILSON,

Plaintiff,

v. Case No.: 2:24-cv-1108-SPC-NPM

STATE OF FLORIDA,

Defendant. / OPINION AND ORDER Before the Court is Petitioner Billy Ray Wilson’s “Motion to De Novo” (Doc. 1). Wilson is an inmate at Charlotte County Jail, and he seeks review of four cases pending in a Florida state court. The motion is captioned for the Sixth District Court of Appeal of Florida, so it appears Wilson filed the motion in this Court by mistake. Even if Wilson purposefully filed the motion here, he is not entitled to the relief he requests. This Court is not a “pre-trial motion forum for state prisoners.” Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court of Kentucky,

(1973). Further, principles of equity, comity, and federalism require the Court to abstain from interfering in state proceedings. See Younger v. Harris,

(1971) (stating “absent extraordinary circumstances” federal court should not enjoin state criminal proceedings). Wilson provides no reasons for this Court to overlook the abstention principle. Nor does he allege any facts that warrant application any exception to the Younger doctrine. See Hughes v. Attorney Gen. of Fla.,

, 1263 n.6 (11th Cir. 2004).! Accordingly, this action is DISMISSED. The Clerk is DIRECTED to terminate all pending motions and deadlines, enter judgment, and close this file. DONE and ORDERED in Fort Myers, Florida on December 6, 2024.

UNITED STATES DISTRICTJUDGE

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! Noting the Supreme Court in Younger set three exceptions to the abstention doctrine: “(1) there is evidence of state proceedings motivated by bad faith, (2) irreparable injury would occur, or (3) there is no adequate alternative state forum where the constitutional issues can be raised.”