Bowe v. United States · ¶22

In the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA), “Congress established a `gatekeeping' mechanism for the consideration of `second or successive' ” filings “in the federal courts.” Id., at 641 (quoting Felker v. Tur pin, 518 U. S. 651, 657 (1996)). The associated procedural and substantive requirements are “stringent.” Burton v. Stewart, 549 U. S. 147, 152 (2007) (per curiam). State prisoners looking to file a second or successive application must comply with § 2244(b), which provides in relevant part:

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