NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein appeared in a Queens courtroom Thursday morning as prosecutors fought an extradition request to send him back to California following the stunning overturning of his New York rape and sex assault conviction.

California authorities have requested that New York City law enforcement officials bring the disgraced media mogul, 72, back to the West Coast, where he is facing additional sex abuse charges.

“With the New York case against Weinstein overturned, he’s technically now a fugitive from the state of California,” a law enforcement source said.

New York is fighting the extradition request since the disgraced Miramax founder is expected to be retried on the rape case as soon as the fall.

Weinstein was wheeled into the courtroom more than an hour after he was scheduled to appear. Wearing a suit and tie, he crouched in a wheelchair. His skin looked pale as he gazed furtively around the courtroom.

Weinstein himself refused to be extradited, lawyers said, and he did not speak beyond answering yes and no questions.

As he left the courtroom, he locked eyes with Craig Rothfeld, one of his attorneys, seated in the front row, and waved a hand in the air as though gesturing for something.

“You’ll have it tomorrow,” Rothfeld told him. “It was a mix up. You’ll have it tomorrow.”

A governor’s warrant must be sought for Weinstein’s release to California. He was ordered held without bail on the basis of the fugitive warrant and is scheduled to appear in court again Aug. 7.

“They are not in a position to extradite Weinstein right now because they have not done what they needed to do,” Diana Fabi Samson, one of Weinstein’s lawyers, said outside court.

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