Jaasi

MEMORANDUM **

Michael Jaasi appeals pro se the district court’s summary judgment in his diversity action alleging violations of the Alaska Human Rights Act, Alaska Stat. §§ 18.80.220 & 18.80.260. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, Margolis v. Ryan, 140 F.3d 850, 852 (9th Cir.1998), and we affirm.

The district court properly concluded that Jaasi failed to set forth a prima facie case with respect to his employment discrimination claims against the school defendants because he could not show that he applied for an open position for which the district was accepting applications. See Alaska State Comm’n for Human Rights v. Yellow Cab, 611 P.2d 487, 490 (Alaska 1980) (adopting federal Title VII standard for elements of prima facie case under section 18.80.220); see also Harold-sen v. Omni Enterprises, Inc., 901 P.2d 426, 431 (Alaska 1995) (stating that to establish prima facie case in hiring discrimination context plaintiff must demonstrate that his rejection did not result from the absence of a vacancy in the job sought). The district court also properly concluded that Jaasi’s second amended complaint did not include a section 18.80.260 claim…