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DELLENBACH v. HANKS

No. 94-2723.

76 F.3d 820 (1996)

Herbert H. DELLENBACH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Craig A. HANKS, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 7, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert H. Dellenbach (submitted), Westville Correctional Center, Westville, IN, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Thomas D. Quigley, Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and FAIRCHILD and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

This appeal by a state prisoner from the dismissal of his petition for federal habeas corpus asks us to decide in what circumstances the district judge may dismiss the petition without requiring an answer by the respondent, without allowing the petitioner to engage in discovery, without allowing the record to be supplemented by materials from previous proceedings, and without an evidentiary hearing, because "it plainly appears from the face of...

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