NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FEB 21 2019 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

RONALD BROWNELL MARTIN, No. 18-35768

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:18-cv-00741-RAJ

v. MEMORANDUM* WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS – EDUCATION; LONNIE ROBERTS, Correctional Program Manager,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Richard A. Jones, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted February 19, 2019**

Before: FERNANDEZ, SILVERMAN, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.

Washington state prisoner Ronald Brownell Martin appeals pro se from the

district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action challenging his

exclusion from community college classes. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal for failure to state a claim under 28 U.S.C.

§ 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii). Barren v. Harrington, 152 F.3d 1193, 1194 (9th Cir. 1998)

(order). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Martin’s action because Martin failed

to allege facts sufficient to show that he was deprived of a right secured by the

Constitution and laws of the United States. See Chudacoff v. Univ. Med. Ctr. of S.

Nev., 649 F.3d 1143, 1149 (9th Cir. 2011) (elements of § 1983 action); Hebbe v.

Pliler, 627 F.3d 338, 341-42 (9th Cir. 2010) (though pro se pleadings are to be

liberally construed, a plaintiff must still present factual allegations sufficient to

state a plausible claim for relief).

AFFIRMED.

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