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Parties Involved:
Michael McDonald
Appellant
Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
Appellee

Document Text:

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

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No. 14-11829

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D.C. Docket No. 4:10-cv-00428-RH-CAS

MICHAEL MCDONALD, 

 Petitioner - Appellant,

versus

SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, 

 Respondent - Appellee.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of Florida

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(January 19, 2016)

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Before HULL, and JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judges, and ROYAL,

* District Judge.

PER CURIAM: 

Michael McDonald appeals the district court’s denial of his habeas corpus 

petition, brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his convictions for (1) 

sexual battery of a child less than 12 years of age and (2) lewd and lascivious 

molestation. On appeal, McDonald argues that his Sixth Amendment rights to 

confrontation and a fair trial were violated when the trial court permitted the 

alleged victim, a child who was five years old at the time of trial, to testify outside 

of his presence via closed-circuit television pursuant to a procedure established by 

Florida statute, Fla. Stat. § 92.54. Upon a thorough review of the briefs and record, 

and with the benefit of oral argument, we affirm based on the well-reasoned report 

and recommendation of the magistrate judge and the order of the district court

entered on March 31, 2014. 

AFFIRMED.

 * Honorable C. Ashley Royal, United States District Judge for the Middle District of 

Georgia, sitting by designation.

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