The following excerpt is from Olivera-Beritan v. Asuncion, Case No.: 3:16-cv-2646-CAB-(PCL) (S.D. Cal. 2018):
Section 2254(e) "substantially restricts the district court's discretion to grant an evidentiary hearing." Baja v. Ducharme, 187 F.3d 1075, 1077 (9th Cir. 1999). It provides:
28 U.S.C. 2254(e)(2).
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