1. Did the District Court's sua sponte denial
of Petitioner's habeas petition alleging
ineffectiveness of trial counsel filed pursuant
to 28 U.S.C. 2255 violate habeas procedural law
when it dismissed the proceeding without prior
notice (and without a hearing) to the Petitioner,
where no opposition was filed, and by failing to
review the facts in the light most favorable to
Petitioner?

2. Was Petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to
effective assistance of counsel to seek the trial
judge's recusal at his retrial after the District
Judge disclosed a close personal relationship
with a former employee of the hedge fund which
defrauded the municipal labor union which
Petitioner led denied?

3. Did the District Court err in denying Petitioner's
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure 33 motion
without a hearing?

Did the District Court's sua sponte denial of Petitioner's habeas petition alleging ineffectiveness of trial counsel violate habeas procedural law?