Case Name: TIAN LI, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-03-15
Citations: 225 F. App'x 502
Docket Number: No. 05-70121
Parties: TIAN LI, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 225
Pages: 502–503

Head Matter:
TIAN LI, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 05-70121.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 12, 2007 .
Filed March 15, 2007.
Charles E. Nichol, Esq., Law Office of Charles E. Nichol, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner.
Ronald E. LeFevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Kimberly Anne Gaab, Esq., Office of the U.S. Attorney, Fresno, CA, for Respondent.
Before: KOZINSKI, LEAVY, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Tian Li, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immi gration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision denying his application for a waiver of inadmissibility. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo non-discretionary eligibility determinations and due process challenges in immigration proceedings. See Vasquez-Zavalo, v. Ashcroft, 324 F.3d 1105, 1107 (9th Cir.2003) (due process challenge); Montero-Martinez v. Ashcroft, 277 F.3d 1137, 1145 (9th Cir.2002) (non-discretionary eligibility determination). We deny the petition for review.
Li did not appeal from the IJ's decision denying his request for a waiver of inadmissibility pursuant to former § 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Instead, Li claimed ineffective assistance of counsel led him to seek a 212(c) waiver rather than pursue a claim for withholding of removal. Because Li failed to present evidence that he was prima facie eligible for withholding, the BIA did not err in finding Li failed to establish prejudice resulted from the alleged ineffective assistance of counsel. See Lin v. Ashcroft, 377 F.3d 1014, 1027 (9th Cir.2004) (to demonstrate prejudice, a petitioner must demonstrate "plausible grounds for relief."). Li's claim that the BIA violated his due process rights by not remanding his case to the IJ is also unavailing.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provid ed by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.