Does a federal sentence need to run concurrently with a state sentence?
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The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Thornton, 710 F.2d 513 (9th Cir. 1983):
The rule that a federal court may not order a federal sentence to run concurrently with a state sentence is based on 18 U.S.C. Sec. 3568. United States v. Myers, 451 F.2d 402, 404 (9th Cir.1972). That section provides, in part:
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