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