Case Name: JUN FU 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: 2011-04-21
Citations: 428 F. App'x 738
Docket Number: No. 08-71126
Parties: JUN FU LI, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: B. FLETCHER, CLIFTON, and BEA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 428
Pages: 738–739

Head Matter:
JUN FU LI, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 08-71126.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted April 5, 2011.
Filed April 21, 2011.
Michael Brown, Law Offices of Michael Brown, LLC, New York, NY, for Petitioner.
Richard M. Evans, Esquire, Assistant Director, Sada Manickam, Esquire, Trial, OIL, Christina Bechak Parascandola, Trial, 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: B. FLETCHER, CLIFTON, and BEA, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Jun Fu Li, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying 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 factual findings, Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir.2003), and for abuse of discretion the BIA's denial of a motion to remand, de Jesus Melendez v. Gonzales, 503 F.3d 1019, 1023 (9th Cir.2007). We deny the petition for review.
The forensic expert's testimony and report provide substantial evidence to support the agency's finding that Li submitted a possibly fraudulent sterilization certificate and fine receipt. See Desta v. Ashcroft, 365 F.3d 741, 745 (9th Cir.2004). Accordingly, Li's asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See id.
Li did not advance an argument in support of his CAT claim in his opening brief. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259-60 (9th Cir.1996) (issues not supported by argument are deemed waived).
Li contends the record does not support the BIA's refusal to consider new evidence he submitted on appeal to the BIA, and its implicit denial of his request for remand. To the extent the BIA construed Li's submission of new evidence as a motion to remand, the BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion because the new evidence did not show that Li's wife was forcibly sterilized. See Rodriguez v. INS, 841 F.2d 865, 867 (9th Cir.1988) (re quirements for a motion to remand are the same as for a motion to reopen); Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 986 (9th Cir.2010) (BIA may deny a motion to reopen for failure to establish a prima facie case).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.