Did the Sixth Circuit err by exceeding the scope of the COA analysis

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Did the Sixth Circuit err by exceeding the scope of the COA analysis when it re-adjudicated the merits of pro se petitioner's § 2255, and then denied the COA request after determining that reasonable jurists either "would not disagree" with or "would not debate" the District Court's conclusions? 2. Did the Sixth Circuit create a new rule of law, not supported by statute or this Court's precedent, by requiring evidentiary and/or case law support for a COA request? 3. Did the court circumvent the law by failing to conduct an evidentiary : hearing, preventing the record from being reopened? 4. Should this Court grant Petitioner a Certificate of Appealability? i ;