2025 term · Roberts Court · 5-4
Bowe v. United States
607 U.S. 13
The record
- Term
- 2025
- Decided
- Issue area
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- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
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- Decision direction
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- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- —
- Docket
- 24-5438
- U.S. Reports
- 607 U.S. 13
- S. Ct. citation
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- LEXIS citation
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- Opinion by
- Sonia Sotomayor
Holding
Title 28 U. S. C. §2244(b)(3)(E) does not bar this Court’s review of a federal prisoner’s request to file a second or successive §2255 motion for postconviction relief, and §2244(b)(1) does not apply to second or successive motions filed under §2255(h) by federal prisoners challenging their convictions or sentences.
How the bench divided
MMMMCDDDD
M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Sonia Sotomayor | Majority |
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| Elena Kagan | Majority |
| Brett Kavanaugh | Majority |
| Ketanji Brown Jackson | Regular concurrence |
| Neil Gorsuch | Dissent |
| Clarence Thomas | Dissent |
| Samuel Alito | Dissent |
| Amy Coney Barrett | Dissent |
Read the opinion
- supremecourt.govSlip opinionThe opinion as released by the Court, in slip form.
- JustiaFull opinion textThe majority, concurring and dissenting opinions as handed down.
- supremecourt.govDocket 24-5438Filings, orders and the procedural history on the Court’s own docket.
- OyezCase pageArgument audio and the vote lineup, when Oyez has published them.