Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Timothy SWANK, Sr., Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-09-01
Citations: 615 F. App'x 450
Docket Number: No. 14-35511
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Timothy SWANK, Sr., Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: McKEOWN, CLIFTON, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 615
Pages: 450–451

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Timothy SWANK, Sr., Defendant-Appellant.
No. 14-35511.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Aug. 25, 2015.
Filed Sept. 1, 2015.
Cyndee Peterson, USMI-Office of the U.S. Attorney, Missoula, MT, Leif Johnson, Assistant U.S., USBI-Office of the U.S. Attorney, Billings, MT, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Davina T. Chen, Law Office of Davina T. Chen, Glendale, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: McKEOWN, CLIFTON, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Federal prisoner Robert Timothy Swank, Sr., appeals from the district court's judgment dismissing his motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, and the district court's order denying his motion under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and 2253. We reyerse and remand with-instructions.
Swank contends that the district court abused its discretion by dismissing his section 2255 motion based on his failure to submit a signed request for counsel, and by denying his Rule 59(e) motion, which included a signed request for appointment of counsel. When an evidentiary hearing is ordered, appointment of counsel for indigent section 2255 movants is mandatory. See Rule 8(c) of the Rules Governing Section 2255 Proceedings, 28 U.S.C. foil. § 2255; United States v. Duarte-Higareda, 68 F.3d 369, 370 (9th Cir.1995) (order). In light of this authority, the government agrees with Swank that this case should be remanded. Accordingly, we reverse and remand for appointment of counsel and an evidentiary hearing regarding Swank's claim that trial counsel was ineffective when advising Swank to plead guilty. We deny Swank's request for an open remand to enable him to reargue the claims that the district court denied on the merits without an evidentiary hearing.
We treat Swank's additional arguments as a motion to expand the certificate of appealability. So treated, the motion is denied. See 9th Cir. R. 22-l(e); Hiivala v. Wood, 195 F.3d 1098, 1104-05 (9th Cir.1999) (per curiam).
REVERSED and REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.