Troy Martin v. United States

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that an evidentiary “hearing is not required if ‘the motion and the files and records of the case 19 The Shaaban decision cites section V(3
• finding that an evidentiary hearing is not warranted if “the motion and the files and records of the case conclusively show that the prisoner is entitled to no relief”
• “[A] hearing is not necessary if the petitioner makes allegations that are vague, conclusory, or palpably incredible, rather than detailed and specific.” (quotation marks omitted)
• evidentiary hearing not required if “the motion and the files and records of the case conclusively show that the prisoner is entitled to no relief” or petitioner’s allegations are “vague, conclusory, or palpably incredible”
• evidentiary hearing not required if “the motion and the files and records of the case conclusively show that the prisoner is entitled to no relief” or petitioner’s allegations are “vague, conclusory, or palpably incredible”
• “Because Martin has failed to present any evidence, apart from his vague and conclusory allegations, showing that the government in fact offered a 30-year plea agreement, we hold that the district court did not abuse its discretion in summarily dismissing his petition.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).