Did the Ninth Circuit's unreasoned denial so clearly misapply Buck's modest standard as to call for summary reversal?

QUESTION PRESENTED Petitioner William Davis asked the federal district court for an evidentiary hearing to prove that his state-appointed counsel, since disbarred, was constitutionally ineffective at his attempted murder trial because he failed to present a gun expert to prove the underlying shooting accidental. But the district court denied a hearing, faulting Davis—indigent, pro se, and in prison—for failing to support his claim with the opinion of an expert. Without analysis, the Ninth Circuit denied a certificate of appealability on whether this was an abuse of holding that the district court’s judgment was “not even debatable.” Buck v. Davis, 137 S. Ct. 759, 774 (2017). Did the Ninth Circuit’s unreasoned denial so clearly misapply Buck’s modest standard as to call for summary reversal? ii CONTENTS PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARL 0... crete dL CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY PROVISIONS A. The Shooting .ceccec cee eesceec