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RYAN v. GONZALES

Nos. 10-930, 11-218.

133 S.Ct. 696 (2013)

184 L.Ed.2d 528

Charles L. RYAN, Petitioner v. Ernest Valencia GONZALES. Terry Tibbals, Petitioner v. Sean Carter.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 8, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Home , Attorney General, Phoenix, AZ, for Petitioner.

Ann O'Connell , for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the Petitioners.

Leticia Marquez , Tucson, AZ, for Respondent.

Thomas C. Horne , Attorney General, Counsel of Record, David R. Cole , Solicitor General, Kent E. Cattani , Division Chief Counsel, Jeffrey A. Zick , Section Chief Counsel, John Pressley Todd , Assistant Attorney General, Capital Litigation Section, Phoenix, AZ, for Petitioner.

Jeffrey T. Green , Quin M. Sorenson , Stephanie P. Hales , Joshua J. Fougere , Clayton G. Northouse , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC, Jon M. Sands , Federal Public Defender, Dale A. Baich , Leticia Marquez, Counsel of Record, Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, for Respondent.

Justice THOMAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

These two cases present the question whether the incompetence of a state prisoner requires suspension of the prisoner's federal habeas corpus proceedings. We hold that neither 18 U.S.C. § 3599 nor 18 U.S.C. § 4241 provides such a right and that the Courts of Appeals for the Ninth and Sixth Circuits both erred in holding that district courts must stay federal habeas proceedings when petitioners are adjudged...

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