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John Willie JENKINS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. A.A. LAMARQUE, Warden, Respondent—Appellee.
    No. 07-55972.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted April 13, 2009.
    
    Filed April 17, 2009.
    John Willie Jenkins, Vacaville, CA, pro se.
    
      Michael R. Johnsen, Esq., AGCA-Office of the California Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for Respondent-Appellee.
    Before: GRABER, GOULD, and BEA, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

California state prisoner John Willie Jenkins appeals from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2253, and we affirm.

The trial court did not unreasonably decide that Jenkins’s request for reappointment of counsel was an improper attempt to delay the trial. Menefield v. Borg, 881 F.2d 696, 700 (9th Cir.1989). Neither was the trial court unreasonable in denying Jenkins a continuance. Morris v. Sloppy, 461 U.S. 1, 11, 103 S.Ct. 1610, 75 L.Ed.2d 610 (1983).

Jenkins also fails to show that his courtroom appearance in prison attire for one day or that the prosecution’s closing statement prejudiced him. Brecht v. Abrahamson, 507 U.S. 619, 637, 113 S.Ct. 1710, 123 L.Ed.2d 353 (1993).

AFFIRMED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.