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C. Alexandra TELLUSELLE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY; Erleina Danao, Defendants-Appellees.
    No. 12-17191.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted June 10, 2013.
    
    Filed June 17, 2013.
    C. Alexandra Telluselle, pro se.
    Anna Elento-Sneed, Landon Yun, Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing, Honolulu, HI, for Defendants-Appellees.
    Before: HAWKINS, MeKEOWN, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

C. Alexandra Telluselle appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment in her action alleging federal and state law claims arising out of her enrollment in a graduate degree program on an international student visa from Sweden. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Darensburg v. Metro. Transp. Comm’n, 636 F.3d 511, 518 (9th Cir.2011), and we affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment on Telluselle’s Title VI claim because Telluselle failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether defendants’ allegedly favorable treatment of other Swedish international students constituted discrimination against her on the basis of national origin. See id. at 522 (setting forth elements of Title VI prima facie discrimination claim).

The district court properly granted summary judgment on Telluselle’s negligence claim because Telluselle failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether defendants owed her any duty to transfer credits from a Swedish university or to provide her academic, immigration, or other counseling. See Kaho‘Ohanohano v. Dep’t of Human Servs., 117 Hawai'i 262, 178 P.3d 538, 562-63 (2008) (setting forth elements of a negligence claim).

The district court properly granted summary judgment on Telluselle’s breach of contract claim because Telluselle failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether the parties entered into an express or implied contract in which defendants made promises regarding academic counseling or transferring credits. See Chuck Jones & MacLaren v. Williams, 101 Hawai'i 486, 71 P.3d 437, 451 (Hawaii Ct.App.2003) (setting forth elements of a breach of contract claim).

We do not consider issues raised for the first time either on appeal or in Telluselle’s reply brief, including with respect to alleged discrimination based on disability or defendants’ alleged failure to produce documents. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n. 2 (9th Cir.2009) (per curiam).

Telluselle’s contentions regarding the district court’s alleged failure to review all the evidence and defendants’ alleged failure to cooperate with immigration officials are unpersuasive.

AFFIRMED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.