Edom, Jr. v. Chronister

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TAMPA DIVISION WILLIE EDOM, JR., Plaintiff, v. Case No: 8:20-cv-1624-KKM-AEP CHAD CHRONISTER in his official capacity as SHERIFF of HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Defendant. ORDER Chad Chronister, acting in his capacity as Sheriff of Hillsborough County, moves for summary judgment on Willie Edom’s claims that the Hillsborough County Sheriffs Office (HCSO) discriminated against him based on race in violation of

42 U.S.C. § 1981

and the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. HCSO! argues that Edom presented insufficient circumstantial…