Weissman

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 23 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

STEVEN IRVING WEISSMAN, No. 23-4407 D.C. No. Petitioner - Appellant, 3:22-cv-04005-WHO v.

MEMORANDUM*

KEN CLARK,

Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California William Horsley Orrick, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 6, 2025 San Francisco, California

Before: FORREST and SANCHEZ, Circuit Judges, and EZRA, District Judge.**

Petitioner Steven Weissman, a California state prisoner, appeals the district

court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition. Because the parties

are familiar with the facts, we do not recount them here.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable David A. Ezra, United States District Judge for the District of Hawaii, sitting by designation. We review the district court’s denial of a § 2254 petition de novo. Bolin v.

Davis, 13 F.4th 797, 804…