Case Name: JIAN LI, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-12-10
Citations: 548 F. App'x 495
Docket Number: No. 09-74118
Parties: JIAN LI, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: WATFORD and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges, and SMITH, Chief District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 548
Pages: 495–496

Head Matter:
JIAN LI, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 09-74118.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 4, 2013.
Filed Dec. 10, 2013.
Alphan Tsoi, Monterey Park, CA, for Petitioner.
OIL, Stefanie A. Svoren, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
Before: WATFORD and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges, and SMITH, Chief 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 William E. Smith, Chief District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
1. The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) did not err in dismissing petitioner Jian Li's appeal from the Immigration Judge's (IJ) denial of Li's asylum application. The IJ and BIA both found that Li failed to meet his burden of proof for asylum by failing to provide corroborating evidence for his claim.
Li argues that corroborating evidence should not be required because it was not reasonably obtainable. But substantial evidence supports the BIA's conclusion that corroborating evidence was reasonably obtainable. The BIA found that Li spoke with his girlfriend by phone and that Li's parents lived in the city. In light of those facts, we are not "compelled to conclude" that he could not have obtained evidence supporting his claim. 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4); see Shrestha v. Holder, 590 F.3d 1034, 1047-48 (9th Cir.2010).
Li also argues that he is eligible for asylum based on his religion. He did not raise that claim before the BIA, so we do not have jurisdiction to consider it. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(d)(1).
2. Li did not challenge the BIA's denial of withholding of removal and CAT protection in his opening brief. He has waived review of those claims. See Tampubolon v. Holder, 610 F.3d 1056, 1058 n. 3 (9th Cir.2010).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.