Stewart v. Martinez-Villareal
1998 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Stewart v. Martinez-Villareal, 523 U.S. 637 (1998), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which held that 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b) did not apply to a petition that raises only a competency to be executed claim and that respondent did not, therefore, need authorization to file his petition in the District Court.[1]
Quick Facts Stewart v. Martinez-Villareal, Argued February 25, 1998 Decided May 18, 1998 ...
Stewart v. Martinez-Villareal | |
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Argued February 25, 1998 Decided May 18, 1998 | |
Full case name | Terry Stewart, Director, Arizona Department of Correction, et al., Petitioners v. Ramon Martinez-Villareal |
Citations | 523 U.S. 637 (more) 118 S. Ct. 1618; 140 L. Ed. 2d 849; 1998 U.S. LEXIS 3104 |
Case history | |
Prior | Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
Holding | |
§2244(b) did not apply to a petition that raises only a competency to be executed claim and that respondent did not, therefore, need authorization to file his petition in the District Court. | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Rehnquist, joined by Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer |
Dissent | Scalia, joined by Thomas |
Dissent | Thomas, joined by Scalia |
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