UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 96-2187

WILLIE JAMES HUSSEY; CASSIE M. CANTEY,

Plaintiffs - Appellants,

versus

TED SAULS, Sheriff, Individually and in his

official capacity; GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S

DEPARTMENT; GREENE COUNTY; JOYCE J. HARRELL,

Clerk, in her official and individual capacity; THE CIT GROUP/SALES FINANCE, INCORPORATED; WILLIAM D. HARAZIN, Attorney, in his

official capacity and individual capacity;

JOHN DOES 1-25, et al.; JANE DOES 1-25, et

al.; W. E. SMITH, a/k/a Billy Smith, Sheriff,

in his official and individual capacity;

LENOIR COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT; LENOIR

COUNTY; CLAUDE DAVIS, Clerk of Superior Court,

in his official and individual capacity; D. B.

HERRING, Judge, in his official and individual

capacity; GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION; STATESVILLE AUTO AUCTION; DAVID P.

NANNEY, JR., Attorney, in his official and

individual capacity; ASSOCIATES FINANCIAL

SERVICES, INCORPORATED; ELIZABETH H. FAIRMAN,

Attorney, in her official and individual

capacity; JAMES E. RAGEN, III, Judge, in his

official and individual capacity; JOHN FIETZ,

Attorney, in his official and individual

capacity; DAL F. WOOTEN, Attorney, in his

official and individual capacity; JAMES P.

STALLINGS, Deputy, in his official and

individual capacity; HORACE DAWSON, Deputy

Sheriff, in his official and individual

capacity; WAYNE DAWSON, Deputy Sheriff, in his

individual and official capacities; J. G.

HOBBS, Deputy Sheriff, in his individual and

official capacities; BOB SHEPPARD, Deputy

Sheriff, in his official and individual

capacities; JOEY BRILEY, Deputy Sheriff, in
* Senior Judge Butzner did not participate in consideration of

this case. The opinion is filed by a quorum of the panel pursuant

to 28 U.S.C. § 46(d) (1994).

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his official and individual capacities; J. E.

MEADOWS, Deputy Sheriff, in his official and

individual capacities; A. G. SMITH, Deputy

Sheriff, in his official and individual

capacities; JOHN P. GARDNER, Deputy Sheriff,

in his official and individual capacities;

JOHN E. BEST, Deputy Sheriff, in his official

and individual capacities; JACKSON MOVING AND

STORAGE COMPANY; LARRY BEST, in his official

and individual capacities; UNNAMED EMPLOYEE,

#1 of Jackson Moving and Storage Company;

UNNAMED EMPLOYEE, #2 of Jackson Moving and

Storage Company; UNNAMED EMPLOYEE, #3 of

Jackson Moving and Storage Company; UNNAMED

EMPLOYEE, #4 of Jackson Moving and Storage

Company; WILLIAM F. SIMPSON, Jr., in his

official and individual capacity; STUART L.

ROUSE, Beneficiary, in his official and

individual capacity; ANNIE L. ROUSE, in her

official and individual capacity; GREG H.

HARRISON, Lieutenant, in his official and

individual capacity,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Greenville. Malcolm J. Howard, District Judge. (CA-96-2-4-18-H, CA-96-3-4-18-H, CA-96-18-4-18-H,

CA-96-64-4-18-H, CA-96-80-4-18-H)

Submitted: April 17, 1997 Decided: April 24, 1997

Before NIEMEYER and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER,* Senior

Circuit Judge.
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Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Willie James Hussey, Cassie M. Cantey, Appellants Pro Se. C.

Christopher Olson, Robert Harrison Sasser, III, WOMBLE, CARLYLE,

SANDRIDGE & RICE, Raleigh, North Carolina; Virginia Anne Gibbons,

Assistant Attorney General, William Dale Talbert, Assistant Attorney General, Jacob Leonard Safron, Special Deputy Attorney General,

Raleigh, North Carolina; William Dennis Harazin, Raleigh, North

Carolina; Cecil Webster Harrison, Jr., POYNER & SPRUILL, Raleigh,

North Carolina; David Warren Boone, BURNS, DAY & PRESNELL, P.A.,

Raleigh, North Carolina; Stephen Blayne Brown, RAGSDALE, KIRSCHBAUM

& NANNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina; Lester Neal Ellis, Jr., Felix

Hill Allen, IV, HUNTON & WILLIAMS, Raleigh, North Carolina; John

Samuel Williford, Jr., FIELDS & COOPER, Rocky Mount, North Carolina; Dal Floyd Wooten, III, Kinston, North Carolina; Robert E.

Fuller, Jr., FULLER, ALBERT & CORBETT, Goldsboro, North Carolina;

William Frederick Simpson, Jr., HARRISON & SIMPSON, Kinston, North

Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).
* We also deny all of Appellants' pending motions.

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PER CURIAM:

Appellants appeal from the district court's dismissal of their

civil rights action for failure to state a claim under Fed. R. Civ.

P. 12(b)(6). We affirm.

Appellants challenge, via 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985, 1986

(1994), the validity of state court repossession proceedings. Lower

federal courts lack jurisdiction to review such challenges even

where it is alleged that the state court's action was unconstitutional. District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman, 460 U.S.

462 (1983). Further, all of the named Defendants appear either to

be immune from suit under federal civil rights statutes or are not

state actors. Accordingly, we affirm the district court's dismissal.* We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal

contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the

court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED