Dean Cohen v. San Bernardino Valley College

92 F.3d 968 65 USLW 2154 , 111 Ed. Law Rep. 762 , 11 IER Cases 1799 , 24 Media L. Rep. 2366 , 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6145 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 10 ,092 Dean COHEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SAN BERNARDINO VALLEY COLLEGE; The Board of Trustees of San Bernardino Community College District; Charles H. Beeman; Lois J. Carson; Allen B. Gresham; Horace D. Jackson; Carlton W. Lockwood, Jr.; Judith Valles, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 95-55936. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 8, 1996. Decided Aug. 19, 1996. 1 Stephen F. Rohde, Rohde & Victoroff, Los Angeles, California, for plaintiff-appellant. 2 Susan J. Boyle, Littler, Mendelson, Fastiff, Tichy & Mathiason, San Diego, California, for defendants-appellees. 3 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Ronald S.W. Lew, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV 94-1083-RSWL. 4 Before: FERNANDEZ and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges, and MERHIGE, Senior District Judge. * MERHIGE, Senior District Judge: 5 The Appellant Dean Cohen is a tenured professor at the San Bernardino Valley College (the "College"), a public community college established by the State…