United States v. Kevin Roberson

OPINION OF THE COURT

ALITO, Circuit Judge:

The question presented for our review is whether applying AEDPA’s gatekeeping provisions to a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion filed after AEDPA’s effective date would have an impermissible retroactive result if the movant filed his first § 2255 motion prior to AEDPA’s enactment. We conclude that the application of AEDPA’s ga-tekeeping provisions to Kevin Roberson’s second § 2255 motion would have no impermissible retroactive result, and thus we hold that amended §§ 2244(b)(3)(A) and 2255 require us to deny Roberson’s request for authorization to proceed with…