The Court holds that two AEDPA provisions governing successive habeas filings by state prisoners do not reach federal prisoners. Section 2244(b)(3)(E)'s bar on certiorari does not strip the Supreme Court of jurisdiction over a federal prisoner's request to file a second or successive motion under Section 2255, and Section 2244(b)(1)'s old-claim bar — which forbids relitigating a claim raised in a prior application — applies only to state-prisoner applications under Section 2254, not to federal-prisoner motions under Section 2255.
CASE: Bowe v. United States
AUTHOR: Sotomayor, J.
DECIDED: 2026-01-09
OPINION: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/607us1r04_n7ip.pdf
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