Bowe v. United States · ¶154

From there the right answer lies only a few steps away. Section 2244(b)(3)(C) states that “[t]he court of appeals may authorize the filing of a second or successive application only if it determines that the application makes a prima facie showing that the application satisfes the requirements of this subsection.” (Emphasis added.) No one questions that this provision applies to state and federal prisoners equally. Brief for Petitioner 32; Brief for United States 25– 26; ante, at 29. So by its terms, this provision means a federal prisoner must make “a prima facie showing” in a court of appeals that his second or successive filing satisfes the requirements of “this subsection”—namely, subsection (b) of § 2244.

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