Case Name: DE LI WANG, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-06-13
Citations: 237 F. App'x 219
Docket Number: No. 05-76760
Parties: DE LI WANG, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: PREGERSON, REINHARDT, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 237
Pages: 219–220

Head Matter:
DE LI WANG, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 05-76760.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted May 16, 2007.
Filed June 13, 2007.
Liu Yu, Law Office of Liu Yu, New York, NY, for Petitioner.
Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, David V. Bernal, Attorney, Jennifer Paisner, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: PREGERSON, REINHARDT, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
De Li Wang, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the order of the Board of Immigration Appeals summarily affirming the Immigration Judge's ("IJ") denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence, see Li v. Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 959, 962 (9th Cir.2004), and we deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the IJ's adverse credibility finding based upon inconsistencies between Wang's two asylum applications. This finding goes to the heart of Wang's claim. See id. at 963. Accordingly, substantial evidence supports the IJ's finding that Wang failed to establish eligibility for asylum. See id.
Because Wang failed to meet his burden for asylum, he necessarily did not satisfy the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Alvarez-Santos v. INS, 332 F.3d 1245, 1255 (9th Cir.2003).
Wang waived any challenge to the denial of CAT relief by failing to raise it in his opening brief. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259-60 (9th Cir.1996).
Wang's motion for a stay of removal is denied as moot.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.