Smola v. Chronister

UMNIIDTEDDL ES TDAISTTERS IDCITS TORFI FCLTO CROIDURAT TAMPA DIVISION JOSHUA SMOLA, Plaintiff, v. CASE NO. 8:22-cv-2383-SDM-JSS CHAD CHRONISTER and JACK THOMPSON, Defendants. ___________________________________/ ORDER Alleging that during an arrest a Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputy, Jack Thompson, kicked Joshua Smola in the back while Smola was kneeling on the ground with his hands raised, Smola asserts against Thompson, in his individual ca- pacity, a Section 1983 claim and asserts against Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister, in his official capacity, a battery claim under…