UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eduardo MEJIA-MESA, Defendant-Appellant

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• concluding that where petitioner did not raise claims in 2255 motion filed in the district court and showed no extraordinary reason for failing to do so, those claims were not properly before this court and should be dismissed
• noting that a “district court has discretion to deny an evidentiary hearing on a § 2255 claim where the files and records conclusively show that the movant is not entitled to relief”
• explaining that a “district court has discretion to deny an evidentiary hearing on a § 2255 claim where the files and records conclusively show that the movant is not entitled to relief”
• explaining that a “district court has discretion to deny an evidentiary hearing on a § 2255 claim where the files and records conclusively show that the movant is not entitled to relief”
• explaining that “a few missed objections 10 alone, unless on a crucial point, do not rebut the strong presumption that counsel’s actions 11 (or failures to act) were pursuant to his litigation strategy and within the wide range of 12 reasonable performance.”
• noting 28 that a “district court has discretion to deny an evidentiary hearing on a § 2255 claim where the files and records conclusively show that the movant is not entitled to relief”

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