Case Name: Michael McDONALD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-01-19
Citations: 632 F. App'x 586
Docket Number: No. 14-11829
Parties: Michael McDONALD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before HULL, and JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judges, and ROYAL, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 632
Pages: 586–586

Head Matter:
Michael McDONALD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 14-11829.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Jan. 19, 2016.
Richard Adam Greenberg, Rumberger Kirk & Caldwell, PA, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner-Appellant.
Joshua Ryan Heller, Pam Bondi, Trisha Meggs Pate, Attorney General’s Office, Tallahassee, FL, for Respondent-Appellee.
Before HULL, and JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judges, and ROYAL, District Judge.
Honorable C. Ashley Royal, United States District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
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.