Bowe v. United States · ¶117

“(E) The grant or denial of an authorization . . . shall not be appealable and shall not be the subject of a petition for rehearing or for a writ of certiorari.” With this overview in hand, our lack of certiorari jurisdiction quickly becomes clear. Section 2244(b)(3)(E) prohibits a state prisoner from invoking our certiorari jurisdiction to challenge an order denying him leave to file a second or successive collateral attack. Indeed, this Court has already held as much. Felker, 518 U. S., at 658–659. And §2255(h) tells us that a federal prisoner seeking to pursue a second or successive collateral attack must obtain certification “as provided in section 2244” for state prisoners. Accordingly, the same bar on certiorari applies.

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