Case Name: Xiaoyang LIU, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-10-07
Citations: 151 F. App'x 301
Docket Number: No. 04-60273
Parties: Xiaoyang LIU, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before JONES, WIENER, and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 151
Pages: 301–302

Head Matter:
Xiaoyang LIU, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 04-60273
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided Oct. 7, 2005.
Alan Chung Chen, Richardson, TX, for Petitioner.
Thomas Ward Hussey, Director, U.S. Department of Justice Office of Immigration Litigation, Allen W. Hausman, U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service District Directors Office, New Orleans, LA, for Respondent.
John Ashcroft, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, pro se.
Before JONES, WIENER, and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Xiaoyang Liu, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") affirming without opinion the immigration judge's ("U") denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT").
Because Liu has failed to address the IJ's rejection of his applications for withholding of removal and relief under the CAT, he has waived these issues on appeal. See Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d 222, 224-25 (5th Cir.1993); Soadjede v. Ashcroft, 324 F.3d 830, 833 (5th Cir.2003).
The IJ found that Liu's asylum application both was untimely and should be denied on its merits. This court has jurisdiction to review the rejection of the asylum claim on its merits, but it does not have jurisdiction to review a determination that the asylum application was not timely. See 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(2)(C); Zhu v. Ashcroft, 382 F.3d 521, 527-28 (5th Cir.2004). Because it is impossible to determine whether the BIA's affirmance was based on the non-reviewable determination that the application was untimely or on the reviewable determination that the application should be rejected on its merits, we VACATE the BIA's order and REMAND the case with instructions to explain its basis for affirming the IJ's decision.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.