Weissman
Weissman v. Clark
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 STEVEN IRVING WEISSMAN, Case No. 22-cv-04005-WHO
8 Plaintiff,
REVISED CERTIFICATE OF
9 v. APPEALABILITY
10 KEN CLARK, Re: Dkt. No. 21 Defendant. 11
12 13 On December 21, 2023, this court issued an order denying Steven Weissman’s petition for 14 federal habeas relief from his state conviction on five separate counts for lewd acts on minors and 15 aggravated sexual assault of a minor. Dkt. No. 21. A certificate of appealability (“COA”) was 16 issued as part of the order; Weissman appealed. The COA, however, did not identify the specific 17 issues that were suitable for appeal. See id; see also 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c). The Ninth Circuit 18 remanded the case for the limited purpose of issuing a modified COA specifying the issues that 19 meet the required showing. Dkt. No. 25. This order provides that specification. 20 The COA is issued for each of Weissman’s claims because reasonable jurists could “find 21 the district court’s assessment of [these]…