Case Name: C. Kaui Jochanan AMSTERDAM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-03-18
Citations: 564 F. App'x 297
Docket Number: No. 12-15672
Parties: C. Kaui Jochanan AMSTERDAM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before PREGERSON, LEAVY, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 564
Pages: 297–298

Head Matter:
C. Kaui Jochanan AMSTERDAM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 12-15672.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 10, 2014.
Filed March 18, 2014.
C. Kaui Jochanan Amsterdam, Honolulu, HI, pro se.
Jordon Jun Kimura, Robert G. Klein, Esquire, McCorriston Miller Mukai Mac-kinnon LLP, Honolulu, HI, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before PREGERSON, LEAVY, and MURGUIA, 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
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 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 Amster dam'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 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, 103 S.Ct. 1997, 76 L.Ed.2d 129 (1983) (government is not required by the First Amendment to subsidize lobbying).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.