Cano v. Walsh

SUMMARY ORDER

Petitioner-appellant Freddy Cano appeals from the October 12, 2004 judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Jack B. Weinstein, Judge) dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The district court granted a certificate of appealability “on the claim that the trial court abused its discretion in limiting cross-examination of the accusing witness on the ground of the rape[-]shield law,” a claim from the petitioner’s state-court appeal that the district court added sua sponte to the petitioner’s habeas petition. We assume…