Case Name: Albert S. YOSHII, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Paul LEMAHIEU, individually; Paula Yoshioka, individually; Renee Tarumoto, in her capacity as the Assistant Superintendent of Division of Administrative Services, Department of Education; Department of Education, State of Hawaii; Patricia Hamamoto, individually and in her capacity as Superintendent of the Department of Education, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-12-07
Citations: 157 F. App'x 1
Docket Number: No. 03-17297; D.C. No. CV-00-00793-DAE
Parties: Albert S. YOSHII, Plaintiff—Appellant, v. Paul LEMAHIEU, individually; Paula Yoshioka, individually; Renee Tarumoto, in her capacity as the Assistant Superintendent of Division of Administrative Services, Department of Education; Department of Education, State of Hawaii; Patricia Hamamoto, individually and in her capacity as Superintendent of the Department of Education, Defendants—Appellees.
Judges: Before HAWKINS, McKEOWN, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 157
Pages: 1–1

Head Matter:
Albert S. YOSHII, Plaintiff—Appellant, v. Paul LEMAHIEU, individually; Paula Yoshioka, individually; Renee Tarumoto, in her capacity as the Assistant Superintendent of Division of Administrative Services, Department of Education; Department of Education, State of Hawaii; Patricia Hamamoto, individually and in her capacity as Superintendent of the Department of Education, Defendants—Appellees.
No. 03-17297.
D.C. No. CV-00-00793-DAE.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Nov. 22, 2005.
Decided Dec. 7, 2004.
Clayton C. Ikei, Esq., Jerry P.S. Chang, Esq., Law Office of Clayton C. Ikei, Honolulu, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Janice T. Futa, Esq., Hisaka Stone & Goto, Dorothy D. Sellers, Esq., Honolulu, HI, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before HAWKINS, McKEOWN, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Albert S. Yoshii appeals the district court's order granting the defendants' motion for summary judgment on grounds that Yoshii did not present a viable due process claim under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution or Article I of the Hawaii State Constitution. We review the appeal de novo, United States v. City of Tacoma, 332 F.3d 574, 578 (9th Cir.2003), and affirm.
Yoshii argues that he was denied due process when he was transferred from one position to another within the Department of Education. He maintained the same salary and benefits. A mere change in job duties or job title, without more, does not impinge a federally cognizable property interest. See Stiesberg v. California, 80 F.3d 353, 357 (9th Cir.1996). Consequently, Yoshii did not meet the threshold requirement of establishing that he was deprived of a protected interest. See Am. Mfrs. Mut. Ins. Co. v. Sullivan, 526 U.S. 40, 59, 119 S.Ct. 977, 143 L.Ed.2d 130 (1999). Accordingly, his related arguments regarding the failure to follow a specified grievance process are without legal support. See id.
AFFIRMED.
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