Jones v. Hendrix

Decided June 22, 2023. Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 21-857 · 599 U.S. 465 (2023) · Cited 425 times

Holding

The saving clause in 28 U. S. C. §2255(e) does not allow a prisoner asserting an intervening change in the interpretation of a criminal statute to circumvent the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996’s restrictions on second or successive §2255 motions by filing a habeas petition under §2241.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• United States v. Hayman · 342 U.S. 205 (1952)
• Davis v. United States · 417 U.S. 333 (1974)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr · 533 U.S. 289 (2001)
• Holland v. Florida · 560 U.S. 631 (2010)
• McQuiggin v. Perkins · 569 U.S. 383 (2013)
• Panetti v. Quarterman · 551 U.S. 930 (2007)
• McCleskey v. Zant · 499 U.S. 467 (1991)
• Sanders v. United States · 373 U.S. 1 (1963)
• Felker v. Turpin · 518 U.S. 651 (1996)
• Boumediene v. Bush · 553 U.S. 723 (2008)
• Schlup v. Delo · 513 U.S. 298 (1995)
• McKane v. Durston · 153 U.S. 684 (1894)
• Ex Parte Bollman and Swartwout · 8 U.S. 75 (1807)
• Fiore v. White · 531 U.S. 225 (2001)
• Estelle v. McGuire · 502 U.S. 62 (1991)
• Bousley v. United States · 523 U.S. 614 (1998)
• Bailey v. United States · 516 U.S. 137 (1995)
• Schriro v. Summerlin · 542 U.S. 348 (2004)
• Hill v. United States · 368 U.S. 424 (1962)
• United States v. Addonizio · 442 U.S. 178 (1979)
• Demore v. Kim · 538 U.S. 510 (2003)
• Castro v. United States · 540 U.S. 375 (2003)
• Kuhlmann v. Wilson · 477 U.S. 436 (1986)
• Reed v. Farley · 512 U.S. 339 (1994)
• Sparf v. United States · 156 U.S. 51 (1895)
• Swain v. Pressley · 430 U.S. 372 (1977)
• Slack v. McDaniel · 529 U.S. 473 (2000)
• Will v. Michigan Department of State Police · 491 U.S. 58 (1989)
• Johnson v. Zerbst · 304 U.S. 458 (1938)
• Landgraf v. USI Film Products · 511 U.S. 244 (1994)

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