United States v. Stacey Sellner

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• holding that a defendant’s “written statement is just as credible on its face as [an] attorney’s affidavit.”
• A district court may “deny an evidentiary hearing if . . . the petitioner’s allegations, accepted as true, would not entitle the petitioner to relief[.]”
• \Evidentiary hearings on 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motions [are only] necessary prior to the motion's disposition if a factual dispute exists.\
• “[F]ailure to file a notice of appeal upon the client’s request constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel . . . [e]ven if the client waived his right to appeal as part of a plea agreement.”
• “Even if the client waived his right to appeal as part of a plea agreement, prejudice is presumed if the client asked his attorney to file a notice of appeal and the attorney did not do so.”

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