Bowe v. United States · ¶25

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. Turpin, 518 U. S. 651, 657 (1996)). The associated procedural and substantive requirements are “stringent.” Bur ton v. Stewart, 549 U. S. 147, 152 (2007) (per curiam).

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