Bowe v. United States · ¶48

Contrary to the dissent's framing, Hohn v. United States, 524 U. S. 236 (1998), does not support a different conclusion. That case concerned whether the Court had jurisdiction over a decision by a three-judge panel to deny a prisoner a certificate of appealability under § 2253(c), and held that the Court does have such jurisdiction. Id., at 253. Section 2253(c) applies to federal and state prisoners and dictates that, before an individual can appeal from a district court's denial of a habeas petition, he must secure permission from “a circuit justice or judge.”

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