Curry

MEMORANDUM *

Anthony Lenaire Curry appeals from the district court’s order denying his state *704 prisoner petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Curry challenges his 1994 conviction in a Washington state court on two counts of promoting prostitution. Curry contends that the state trial court violated his Sixth Amendment right to counsel at a critical stage of his state court criminal proceedings by denying his request for a continuance on the date set for trial. The certificate of appealability limits our review to the question “whether petitioner was denied counsel at a critical stage of his state court criminal proceedings.” We affirm because we conclude that Curry failed to demonstrate that he was prejudiced by the fact that he was not represented by counsel during a pretrial proceeding during which the court ruled on the prosecutor’s motions in limine.

I

On December 22, 1993, the day before trial was scheduled to begin in Washington’s King County Superior Court, Curry appeared with a court appointed public defender. He moved to represent himself at trial. The court granted Curry’s motion to proceed pro se and directed his court appointed counsel to act as his legal advis-…