Bowe v. United States · ¶109

But it is also one of our paramount responsibilities to respect the limits on our jurisdiction. And, to my eyes, AEDPA precludes us from exercising certiorari jurisdiction here. Section 2244 instructs that “the grant or denial of an authorization by a court of appeals to file a second or successive” collateral attack “shall not be the subject of a petition . . . for a writ of certiorari.” § 2244(b)(3)(E). Everyone agrees this provision precludes us from exercising certiorari jurisdiction to review an appellate panel's decision granting or denying certification to state prisoners. And because § 2255(h) tells us that the same rules apply to federal prisoners, exactly the same outcome follows for federal prisoners like Mr. Bowe.

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