KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge, dissenting: I respectfully dissent. Were the question whether an evidentia-ry hearing should have been held to determine whether Howard was denied due process because of an inadequate inquiry regarding his competence at the time of his plea, I might well concur. I share the majority’s concern about the inadequacy of *884<…
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