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BRUCE v. U.S.

No. 99-4337.

256 F.3d 592 (2001)

James W. BRUCE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 5, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon P. Giampietro, Noah A. Fenceroy (argued), Michael, Best & Friedrich, Milwaukee, WI, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Gerald A. Coraz (argued), Office of the U.S. Atty., Indianapolis, IN, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before FAIRCHILD, CUDAHY and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

James W. Bruce appeals the denial of his motion for post-conviction relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. He alleges that his trial counsel was ineffective for having failed to investigate and call two alibi witnesses who could have exonerated him of involvement in two armed bank robberies. Specifically, Mr. Bruce contends that the district court improperly denied him an evidentiary hearing to resolve certain factual disputes concerning the reasonableness...

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