FLC DOES NOT COMPLY WITH PUBLISHED VISUAL APCH RESTRS.

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WE WERE VMC AT ALL TIMES. BAY APCH CLRED US FROM 9000- 7000 FT AND AIRSPD ASSIGNED TO 210 KTS AND INTERCEPT THE RTE OF A CHARTED VISUAL APCH FOR RWY 28R. THE CTLR HANDED-US OFF TO FINAL CTLR. WHEN WE CHKED-IN; THE CTLR ASKED US TO RPT A B-737 ABOVE US; 12 O'CLOCK; 4 MI; AND THE ARPT. WE RPTED BOTH IN SIGHT AND WERE IMMEDIATELY CLRED FOR A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 28L THE B-737 WAS ON A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 28R. THE CTLR TOLD US TO PICK-UP OUR AIRSPD TO 230 KTS IF ABLE; TO 'PAIR-UP' WITH THE B-737. HE SOUNDED AS THOUGH FASTER WOULD BE BETTER DUE TO FOLLOWING TFC. WE SAID WE CAN DO 250 KTS IF NEEDED. HE SOUNDED RELIEVED AS WE ACCELERATED AND WAS ASSIGNED 250 KTS TO FAF. WE ONLY REACHED 230 KTS AT APPROX 3 MI IN PARALLEL TRAIL. I TOLD THE FO TO NOT PASS THE B-737. WE WERE HANDED-OFF TO TWR AT APPROX 7-8 MI OUT AND WERE CLRED TO LAND. AT 2 MI IN PARALLEL TRAIL I AGAIN TOLD FO TO NOT PASS THE B-737. EACH TIME HE ACKNOWLEDGED. THE B- 737 SEEMED TO BE SLOWING AS WERE WE; HOWEVER THE CLOSURE RATE APPEARED TO BE INCREASING. I ASKED THE FO IF HE WAS GOING TO SLOW FURTHER AND NOT PASS AND HE SAID YES. WE WERE CONFIGURING FOR LNDG AND CHKLIST AND TWR ASKED FOR 150 KTS FOR SPACE FOR DEPS. WE DID SO WITH NO DIFFICULTY. I COULD NOT SEE THE B-737 ON THE R ANY LONGER SO I SAID TO THE FO 'DO YOU STILL HAVE THE B-737' SINCE WE ARE NOW PASSING. HE SAID THAT WE PASSED HIM AND CAN'T SEE HIM. AT THIS TIME IT WAS TOO LATE TO ARGUE. NO REAL CONFLICT THAT REQUIRED EVASIVE ACTION. AFTER WE PARKED; I ASKED THE FO; WHY HE PASSED THE B-737 AS THERE ARE NUMEROUS MEMOS OUT CONCERNING LATERAL SEPARATION AND PASSING OF ACFT ON THE VISUAL APCH. HE SAID HE KNEW THAT; BUT THOUGHT I SAID 'TO PASS' THE ACFT. HE SAID HE WAS TIRED FROM PREVIOUS DAY. I FEEL IT WASN'T THAT HE WAS TIRED; BECAUSE HE APPEARED ALERT AT ALL TIMES. HIS HEADSET IS A TYPE THAT DOES NOT SUPPRESS NOISE AND THE NOISE IN COCKPIT MAY HAVE NOT ALLOWED HIM TO HEAR 'NOT' AND HE MAY HAVE ANTICIPATED THAT HE WAS TO PASS FOR WHATEVER REASON AND IT STUCK IN HIS HEAD. I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN THE ACFT AWAY FROM HIM WHEN 2 MI IN PARALLEL TRAIL; IN HINDSIGHT; HOWEVER; EVERY FO THAT I HAVE FLOWN WITH; THAT WAS IN THE SAME LOCATIONS AND SITS HAS NOT PERFORMED IN THE SAME MANNER.