I Was the petitioner denied his Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel based on trial counsel's failure to effectively use government agent reports to impeach their credibility, including whether the district court erred by denying this claim without first affording him, as a pro se habeas appellant/petitioner, the opportunity to obtain those reports, which had been withheld from petitioner based upon a pretrial disclosure agreement.

II Did the district court err in not conducting an evidentiary hearing on defendant-petitioner's claim that the Magistrate Judge assigned to the case impermissibly participated in plea negotiations, which, in turn, prejudiced the defendant-petitioner.

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