Fitzpatrick

MEMORANDUM

Washington state prisoner Quinton P. Brown appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging First Amendment claims. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo a district court’s dismissal under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915A and 1915(e)(2). Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.8d 443, 447 (9th Cir. 2000); Barren v. Harrington, 152 F.3d 1193, 1194 (9th Cir. 1998) (order). We may affirm on any ground supported by the record. Hamilton v. Brown, 630 F.3d 889, 892-93 (9th Cir. 2011). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Brown’s free speech claim because defendants’ policy did not involve “censoring the content of communications.” Sands v. Lewis, 886 F.2d 1166, 1172 (9th Cir. 1989), overruled on other grounds by Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 343, 350 , 116 S.Ct. 2174 , 135 L.Ed.2d 606 (1996); see also Hebbe v. Pliler, 627 F.3d 338, 341-42 (9th Cir. 2010) (though pro se pleadings are liberally construed, plaintiff must allege sufficient facts to state a plausible claim).

The district court properly dismissed Brown’s retaliation claim because Brown failed to allege facts sufficient to show that defendant Fitzpatrick’s…