REES
v.
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE VIRGINIA STATE PENITENTIARY
REES
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE VIRGINIA STATE PENITENTIARY
516 U.S. 802
Supreme Court of the United States (1995)
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Ryan v. Valencia Gonzales, 568 U.S. 57 (U.S. 2013)…nce order directing that the petition for certiorari be “held without action.” Rees v. Peyton, 386 U. S. 989 (1967) (Rees II). When Rees died several decades later, the Court dismissed the petition. Rees v. Superintendent of Va. State Penitentiary, 516 U. S. 802 (1995) (Rees III). The Ninth Circuit concluded that “[t]he record in Rees II shows that incompetence is grounds for staying habeas proceedings.” Rohan, supra, at 815. This conclusion is unwarranted [*70]. Rees I concerned whether an incompetent ha-…