The following excerpt is from Bilbrew v. Lattimore, 1:09-cv-02238-JLT HC (E.D. Cal. 2011):
assertions of ineffective assistance of counsel did not entitle the petitioner to an evidentiary hearing); see also Hiivala v. Wood, 195 F.3d 1098, 1106 (9th Cir.1999).
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