Opinion ID: 536447
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Heading: Necessity of a Hearing

Text: 13 Pursuant to Badea's Sec. 2255 motion, he filed a request for a hearing and for discovery. [I]f the movant's allegations, viewed against the record, either do not state a claim for relief or are so palpably incredible or patently frivolous as to warrant summary dismissal no hearing is necessary. U.S. v. Burrows, 872 F.2d 915, 917 (9th Cir.1989); see also Watts v. U.S., 841 F.2d 277 (9th Cir.1988). As referenced specifically in the following sections, we find that Badea's allegations, when viewed against the record, do not state a claim for relief and, thus, no hearing is required. 4