Merlin Guilbeau obtained a state-court judgment against St. Landry Parish for injuries he received in an accident on a negligently-maintained road, but he was never paid. He sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that the refusal to pay, based on La.Rev.Stat. § 13:5109(B)(2), violated the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause and that the Highway Safety Act of 1966, 23 U.S.C. § 402, preempts the state statute. After a bench trial, the district court denied relief.

*975 The constitutional argument is foreclosed by Minton v. St. Bernard Parish School Board, 803 F.2d 129, 132 (5th Cir. 1986). There is no preemption merely because Congress enacted a statute to promote highway safety.

The judgment is AFFIRMED, essentially for the reasons given by the district court in its comprehensive ruling.