Duque-Bailon

MEMORANDUM ***

Petitioner Bularmo Duque-Bailon appeals the district court’s denial of his habeas corpus petition brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 . We affirm.

We review the district court’s denial of a habeas petition de novo. Baeta v. Sonchik, 273 F.3d 1261, 1263 (9th Cir.2001). Petitioner failed to raise before the district court the argument that the Board of Im *897 migration Appeals abused its discretion by construing his motion to reopen as a motion to reconsider. Consequently, Petitioner has waived this argument. Taniguchi v. Schultz, 303 F.3d 950, 958-59 (9th Cir.2002). Petitioner would not be entitled to relief on this basis, in any event. Even if the BIA abused its discretion by construing Petitioner’s motion to reopen as a motion to reconsider, that characterization of the motion did not prejudice Petitioner. The record indicates that the BIA denied Petitioner’s argument on the merits. Consequently, this error does not constitute grounds to grant the habeas petition. See Siong v. INS, 376 F.3d 1030, 1036 (9th Cir .2004).

The district court correctly concluded that Petitioner did not demonstrate that he was prejudiced by his former attorneys’ ineffective assistance of…