Whether the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit erred in denying Mr. Numann's motion for certificate of appealability

Question Presented Whether the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit erred in denying Mr. Numann’s motion for certificate of appealability of the denial of his 28 USC 2255 claim, where the trial court refused to hold an evidentiary hearing to resolve conflicting affidavits of whether trial counsel reviewed the government’s evidence before advising Mr. Numann to plead guilty to child pornography charges without adequately analyzing the government's evidence and therefore not realizing that federal agents had been unable to access Mr. Numann’s password-protected electronic device that was critical to the government's case. i