Carter

MEMORANDUM **

Gregory Lee Carter (“Carter”) appeals pro se the district court’s summary judgment in favor of Appellees in Carter’s action alleging, inter alia, discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e — 2000e-17; and discrimination on the basis of race in violation of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983 and Hawaii Revised Statutes (“H.R.S.”) §§ 368 and 378. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

*659 We review the district court’s entry of summary judgment de novo. DeGrassi v. City of Glendora, 207 F.3d 636, 641 (9th Cir.2000). The district court properly, granted summary judgment on Carter’s employment discrimination claims because Carter did not provide specific and substantial evidence that Appellees’ proffered reason for not hiring him — poor interview performance — was a pretext for the universities’ actions. See Keyser v. Sacramento City Unified Sch. Dist., 238 F.3d 1132, 1142 (9th Cir.2001) (§ 1983); Wallis v. J.R. Simplot Co., 26 F.3d 885, 892 (9th Cir.1994) (Title VII). Carter’s “subjective” belief that he was more qualified than the other applicants, without more, is insufficient to…