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Parties Involved:
Attorney General of Kansas
Appellee
Robert D. Hannigan
Appellee
Ronald S. Kendig
Appellant

Document Text:

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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

RONALD S. KENDIG, 

Petitioner-Appellant, 

v. 

TENTH CIRCUIT F IL i"'"' v Unit.ed States Co of Appealf' 

Tenth Cf:rcuft 

NOV 6 1992 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

No . 92 - 3168 

(D.C. No. 90-CV-3393) 

ROBERT D. HANNIGAN; ATTORNEY 

GENERAL OF KANSAS, 

Respondents-Appellees. 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

(D. Kan.) 

Before MOORE, TACHA, and BRORBY, Circuit Judges. 

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel 

has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially 

assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 

34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. The case is therefore ordered 

submitted without oral argument. 

Ronald S. Kendig appeals an order of the United States 

District Court for the District of Kansas denying his petition for 

writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for alleged 

violations of his constitutional rights under the Sixth and 

Fourteenth Amendments . 

* This order and judgment has no precedential value and shall 

not be cited, or used by any court within ,the Tenth Circuit, 

except for purposes of establishing the doctrines of the law of 

the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel . 10th Cir. R. 

36.3. 

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Mr. Kendig first argues that the district court erred in 

failing to hold an evidentiary hearing. We find that, because 

Kendig received a full and fair hearing of the evidence in his 

state proceedings, the district court was not required to hold an 

evidentiary hearing in this action. See Townsend v. Sain, 372 

U.S. 293 (1963). 

As to the merits of his petition, we exercise jurisdiction 

under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and AFFIRM for substantially the reasons 

givens by the district court in its Memorandum and Order entered 

April 24, 1992. Mr. Kendig's motion to proceed in forma pauperis 

is GRANTED. Certificate of Probable Cause is ISSUED. 

The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

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ENTERED FOR THE COURT 

Deanell Reece Tacha 

Circuit Judge 

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