Whether the lower courts violated this Court's incompetency and 'right to evidentiary hearing' habeas law

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1 Whether the lower courts violated this Court’s incompetency and “right to evidentiary hearing” habeas law when they summarily denied a hearing on incompetency, and whether the panel erroneously reviewed the district court’s holding for plain error? II. | Whether the split in the lower courts regarding how to address state court findings on “cause and prejudice” to excuse defaults — under de novo or AEDPA review — should be resolved by this Court? i