U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2025

Anthony Carl Williams v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections

Anthony Carl Williams v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Decided March 18, 2025

Anthony Carl Williams v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections

Opinion

USCA11 Case: 25-10148 Document: 15-1 Date Filed: 03/18/2025 Page: 1 of 2

[DO NOT PUBLISH] In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 25-10148 Non-Argument Calendar ____________________ ANTHONY CARL WILLIAMS, Petitioner-Appellant, versus SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,

Respondent-Appellee,

ATTORNEY GENERAL, STATE OF FLORIDA,

Respondent.

____________________ USCA11 Case: 25-10148 Document: 15-1 Date Filed: 03/18/2025 Page: 2 of 2

2 Opinion of the Court 25-10148 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida D.C. Docket No. 1:23-cv-00137-AW-HTC ____________________ Before ROSENBAUM, LAGOA, and ABUDU, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM: This appeal is DISMISSED, sua sponte, for lack of jurisdic- tion. Anthony Carl Williams, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, appeals from the district court’s July 5, 2024, order and judgment denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition. He was required to file a notice of appeal by August 5, 2024. See 28 U.S.C. § 2107(a); Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A), 26(a)(1)(C). However, his notice of appeal is not deemed filed until January 9, 2025. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(c)(1); Hou- ston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 276 (1988) (explaining that, under the prison mailbox rule, a notice of appeal mailed by a pro se prisoner through the prison mail system is deemed filed on the date that they delivered it to authorities for mailing). Accordingly, the no- tice is untimely and cannot invoke our appellate jurisdiction. See Green v. Drug Enf’t Admin., 606 F.3d 1296, 1300 (11th Cir. 2010).

All pending motions are DENIED as moot. No petition for rehearing may be filed unless it complies with the timing and other requirements of 11th Cir. R. 40-3 and all other applicable rules.

Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.