Edwards v. Johnston County Health Department

ELLIS, District Judge:

Six black migrant farmworkers1 appeal the dismissal of their claims against various county and state officials.2 They contended below that appellees’ practice of issuing permits for the establishment of substandard migrant housing facilities3 violated the Fair Housing Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601-3619 (Title VIII), and their due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The district court dismissed appellants’ claims, finding that they failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. We affirm.

I

At issue is the appellees’ allegedly…