Stacey Clark v. Archibald Alexander, Acting Executive Director, Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority

Affirmed by published opinion. Senior Judge CLARKE wrote the opinion, in which Judge LUTTIG and Senior Judge CHAPMAN joined.

OPINION

CLARKE, Senior District Judge:

This appeal concerns the standard of review applicable in federal civil rights cases challenging the decisions of local housing authorities implementing the federal low-income housing assistance program. See 42 U.S.C. §§ 1401-40. In Ritter v. Cecil County Office of Hous. & Community Dev., this Court held that interpretive rules adopted by local housing authorities should be afforded deference by federal courts “only to the extent the…