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451 F.2d 358

Docket No. 79, Docket 71-1215.

McLean v. United States

Second Circuit Court of Appeals

Submitted Oct. 4, 1971.

Decided Nov. 16, 1971.

Second Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1971-11-16

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently November 1971

1 federal appellate ·

2 counsel of record

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)

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Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1971-11-16

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¶1*359Kevin McLean, petitioner-appellant pro se.

¶2Whitney North Seymour, Jr., U. S. Atty., for the S.D.N.Y., W. Cullen MacDonald and Peter P. Rient, Asst. U. S. Attys., of counsel, for respondent-appellee.

¶3Before MURRAH,* WATERMAN and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

¶5PER CURIAM:

¶6Kevin McLean, convicted and sentenced after jury trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Inzer B. Wyatt, Judge, appeals from denial by Judge Wyatt without a hearing of his petition for vacation of sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. We find no error and affirm the judgment.

¶7The petition, based on a claim of incompetence, set forth no matter not already considered by the court at the time of the criminal trial. Prior to the trial a hearing was had, at which McLean’s wife testified. The court also required a psychiatric examination and report. Neither McLean’s counsel nor McLean requested an additional hearing at the time. Denial of relief under section 2255 without further hearing was proper under the circumstances. Judgment affirmed.

¶8A “motion for vacation of sentence by default of respondent” filed August 31, 1971 is denied, respondent’s brief having been filed August 27, 1971.

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