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Supreme Court expands review options for federal prisoners seeking to file successive postconviction motions
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on January 9, 2026, that it may review federal appeals-court decisions denying permission to file successive postconviction motions, and that a statutory bar on re-raising previously presented claims applies to state habeas petitions—not to federal prisoners’ motions under 28 U.S.C. § 2255.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor publicly criticized colleague Brett Kavanaugh's understanding of immigration detentions during a speech at the University of Kansas. She highlighted his privileged background in relation to his opinion allowing stops based partly on apparent ethnicity. The remarks come amid a new lawsuit challenging such practices.