Case Name: Steven Earl BEAVER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Charles B. WELCH, Warden, Hardee Correctional Institution, Secretary, Department of Corrections, Respondents-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-01-09
Citations: 161 F. App'x 892
Docket Number: No. 05-12212; D.C. Docket No. 04-00611-CV-ORL-22-DAB
Parties: Steven Earl BEAVER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Charles B. WELCH, Warden, Hardee Correctional Institution, Secretary, Department of Corrections, Respondents-Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 161
Pages: 892–892

Head Matter:
Steven Earl BEAVER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Charles B. WELCH, Warden, Hardee Correctional Institution, Secretary, Department of Corrections, Respondents-Appellees.
No. 05-12212
D.C. Docket No. 04-00611-CV-ORL-22-DAB.
Non-Argument Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Jan. 9, 2006.
Steven E. Beaver, Bowling Green, FL, pro se.
Bonnie Jean Parrish, Fla. Dept. of Legal Affairs/Attorney General, Daytona Beach, FL, for Respondent-Appellee.
Before ANDERSON, BIRCH and BARKETT, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Stephen Earl Beaver, a Florida prisoner, appeals pro se the denial of his habeas corpus petition, § 28 U.S.C. 2254. He argues that the district court erred in only considering the claims raised in his "petition for amended habeas corpus," and failing to consider and adjudicate the claims raised in his previously filed § 2254 petition because he did not understand the legal distinction between an amended filing and a supplemental filing, and his pro se pleading must be held to a less stringent standard than those filed by a lawyer.
When reviewing the district court's denial of a habeas petition, we review questions of law de novo. LeCroy v. Sec'y, Florida Dept. of Corr., 421 F.3d 1237, 1259 (11th Cir.2005). This court has held that "[p]ro se pleadings are held to a less stringent standard than pleadings drafted by attorneys and will, therefore, be liberally construed." Trawinski v. United Technologies, 313 F.3d 1295, 1297 (11th Cir.2002).
A review of Beaver's filings in the district court shows that he was attempting to supplement his original § 2254 petition when he filed his "petition for amended habeas corpus," and not to abandon his previously raised claims. The district court erred in failing to liberally construe Beaver's motion as a motion to supplement his petition and to consider same.
VACATED AND REMANDED