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Feroza BILKIS and Rumana Islam, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 08-73697.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted March 14, 2013.
    
    Filed March 29, 2013.
    Marshall G. Whitehead, Esquire, Moni-ka Sud-Devaraj, Law Offices Of Monika Sud Devaraj And Marshall Whitehead, PLLC, Phoenix, AZ, for Petitioners.
    
      OIL, Ann M. Welhaf, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, District Counsel Phoenix, Esquire, Office of The District Director U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Phoenix, AZ, Ronald E. Lefevre, Office of The District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
    Before: FISHER and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges, and GARBIS, Senior District Judge.
    
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
    
      
       The Honorable Marvin J. Garbis, Senior District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation.
    
   MEMORANDUM

Feroza Bilkis and Rumana Islam appeal the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of their consolidated applications for asylum, withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252, and we deny the petition.

On appeal, Petitioners present no argument that the Bangladeshi government is unwilling or unable to control the alleged persecutors. As a result, the argument is waived. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259 (9th Cir.1996). Because we deny review of Petitioners’ asylum and withholding claims on this independently dispositive ground, we need not address their remaining arguments. See Rahimzadeh v. Holder, 613 F.3d 916, 920 (9th Cir.2010) (“[T]o demonstrate persecution ... [for purposes of asylum], the applicant must show that abuse was committed by the government or forces the government is either unable or unwilling to control.” (internal quotation marks omitted)); Reyes-Reyes v. Ashcroft, 384 F.3d 782, 788 (9th Cir.2004) (explaining that to establish eligibility for nondiscretionary withholding of removal, a petitioner must show that the source of the persecution is either “the government or ... persons ... which the government is unable or unwilling to control”).

Petitioners have also waived their CAT claim by failing to meaningfully challenge its denial on appeal. See Castro-Martinez v. Holder, 674 F.3d 1073, 1082-83 (9th Cir.2011).

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