The following excerpt is from Harris v. Vasquez, 913 F.2d 606 (9th Cir. 1990):
In a habeas corpus proceeding, "a federal evidentiary hearing is required unless the state-court trier of fact has after a full hearing reliably found the relevant facts." Townsend v. Sain, 372 U.S. 293, 312-13, 83 S.Ct. 745, 757, 9 L.Ed.2d 770 (1963). The rule of this circuit, repeatedly stated, is put succinctly as follows:
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