EVANS v. U.S.

No. 98-3565.

200 F.3d 549 (2000)

Bruce Kelly EVANS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 6, 2000.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 10, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JoAnne M. Lilledahl, Cedar Rapids, IA, argued, for appellant.

Lester Paff, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Des Moines, IA, argued (Don C. Nickerson and Jodi Ahlman, on the brief), for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, Chief Judge, HEANEY, and BEAM, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 10, 2000.

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Bruce Kelly Evans appeals the district court's1 denial of his motion for an evidentiary hearing on his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel in this action for habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Evans was shot in the face by his wife at their home. When the police arrived to investigate the...

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