Authorities Cited: United States Code 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b) 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(2) 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3) 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A) 28 U.S.C. § 2253(a) 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) 28 U.S.C. § 2254 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a) 28 U.S.C. § 2255 Supreme Court 429 U.S. 97, 106 Circuit Courts 83 F.3d 281, 286 151 F.3d 918, 921 208 F.3d 1160, 1165 234 F.3d 456, 462 271 F.3d 360, 363 274 F.3d 1270, 1273 278 F.3d 874, 878 298 F.3d 174, 176-177 370 F.3d 1002, 1010 374 F.3d 137, 138 464 F.3d 963, 965 Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2) Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Fed. R. Civ. P. 15 Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2)