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BLANKENSHIP v. U.S.

No. 97-2299.

159 F.3d 336 (1998)

Kenneth BLANKENSHIP, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 6, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Eisenberg, Milwaukee, WI, argued, for Appellant.

Thomas Meehan, Assistant United States Attorney, St. Louis, Missouri, argued, for Appellee.

Before BOWMAN, Chief Judge, HEANEY and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.

HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

Kenneth Blankenship appeals the district court's summary denial of his postconviction motion attacking his sentence on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. See 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (1996). He argues that the district court erred by denying his motion without a hearing and by not providing any case-specific reasons for the summary disposition. We affirm.

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