Head

MEMORANDUM **

Stephen M. Head, a former student at San Jose State University, appeals the dismissal of his pro se civil rights action. He alleges that various university defendants violated his due process, free speech, and equal protection rights by requiring him to take a course on “multiculturalism” where he was forced to adopt “predetermined radical leftist or otherwise socially controversial viewpoints” that are counter to his conservative positions.

We affirm the dismissal. Although we must accept all allegations in Head’s complaint as true and construe them in a light most favorable to him, see Stoner v. Santa Clara County, 502 F.3d 1116, 1120 (9th Cir.2007), we agree with the district court that Head does not state a cause of action against any defendant. Rather, his complaint merely recounts that he was sometimes not allowed to discuss issues in class to the full extent he sought and that he was once criticized by the instructor for his political views. Whatever constitutional rights are to be afforded to students, see Flint v. Dennison, 488 F.3d 816 , 829 n. 9 (9th Cir.2007) (noting uncertainty of the standard to apply to university students), there was clearly no…