C. Kaui Jochanan Amsterdam v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs;

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
C. KAUI JOCHANAN AMSTERDAM,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS; et
al.,
Defendants - Appellees.
No. 12-15672
D.C. No. 1:10-cv-00525-DAE-
BMK
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Hawaii
David A. Ezra, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted March 10, 2014**
Before: PREGERSON, LEAVY, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.
C. Kaui Jochanan Amsterdam appeals pro se from the district court’s
judgment on the pleadings in his action arising from the Office of Hawaiian
Affairs’ (“OHA”) failure to provide him funds from a public trust created by the
FILED
MAR 18 2014
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

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Hawaii Admission Act (“§ 5(f) trust”). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C.
§ 1291. We review de novo. MacDonald v. Grace Church Seattle, 457 F.3d 1079,
1081 (9th Cir. 2006). We affirm.
The district court properly granted judgment on the pleadings on
Amsterdam’s breach of trust claim because Amsterdam failed to allege facts
showing that defendants breached the terms of the § 5(f) trust by not providing him
with trust funds. See Day v. Apoliona, 616 F.3d 918, 925-26 (9th Cir. 2010) (OHA
trustees, although limited to spending § 5(f) trust funds for enumerated trust
purposes, “have broad discretion to decide how to serve those purposes”).
The district court properly granted judgment on the pleadings on
Amsterdam’s equal protection claim because Amsterdam failed to allege facts
showing that defendants intentionally discriminated against him based on his
membership in a protected class, or that defendants intentionally treated him
differently than other similarly situated individuals without a rational basis. See
Serrano v. Francis, 345 F.3d 1071, 1081-82 (9th Cir. 2003) (requirements for
equal protection claim); see also N. Pacifica LLC v. City of Pacifica, 526 F.3d 478,
486 (9th Cir. 2008) (requirements for “class of one” equal protection claim).
The district court properly granted judgment on the pleadings on
Amsterdam’s free speech claim because Amsterdam failed to allege facts showing
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that defendants violated his First Amendment rights by not providing Amsterdam
funds to travel to Washington D.C. to meet with congressional representatives. See
Regan v. Taxation With Representation of Washington, 461 U.S. 540, 546 (1983)
(government is not required by the First Amendment to subsidize lobbying).
AFFIRMED.
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