Case Name: John Frederick BARTELT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Hon. Ernest GUINN, District Judge, U. S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1973-10-15
Citations: 485 F.2d 250
Docket Number: No. 72-2235
Parties: John Frederick BARTELT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Hon. Ernest GUINN, District Judge, U. S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 485
Pages: 250–251

Head Matter:
John Frederick BARTELT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Hon. Ernest GUINN, District Judge, U. S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 72-2235
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Oct. 15, 1973.
Carl B. Lee, (Court-Appointed), Dallas, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.
William S. Sessions, U. S. Atty., Ronald F. Ederer, Asst. U. S. Atty., El Paso, Tex., for respondent-appellee.
Before GEWIN, COLEMAN and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.
Rule 18, 5 Cir.; See Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Company of New York et al., 5 Cir., 1970, 431 F.2d 409, Part I.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
John Frederick Bartelt filed a motion to vacate sentence, 28 U.S.C., § 2255, alleging that his retained counsel had failed to file and prosecute a direct appeal from a criminal conviction despite assurances that such would be done. The motion was denied without a hearing and Bartelt appeals.
Upon examination of the record, we find that an evidentiary hearing should have been held, with appropriate findings of fact and conclusions of law, Atilus v. United States, 5 Cir., 1969, 406 F.2d 694; Fuentes v. United States, 5 Cir., 1972, 455 F.2d 910; Powers v. United States, 5 Cir., 1971, 446 F.2d 22; Gallegos v. United States, 5 Cir., 1972, 466 F.2d 740; Rodriquez v. United States, 395 U.S. 327, 89 S.Ct. 1715, 23 L.Ed.2d 340 (1969).
The judgment of the District Court is accordingly vacated and'the cause remanded for a full evidentiary hearing on the motion, at which time petitioner will be allowed to testify and, as an indigent, will be allowed appointed counsel.
Vacated and remanded.