Felker v. Turpin
United States Supreme Court
518 U.S. 651 (1996)
Relevant factsFree
The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 required a prisoner who already filed one habeas petition to get permission from a special appellate panel before filing a second, with no Supreme Court review of that panel's decision. A death-row prisoner (defendant on the underlying conviction) was denied permission to file a second habeas petition and sought certiorari directly from the U.S. Supreme Court.
IssueFree
Whether Congress has constitutional authority to limit successive habeas corpus petitions, and whether that limit forecloses Supreme Court review of an original habeas petition filed directly with the Court.