Johnson v. Middle Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davison County

CLAY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs William L. Johnson, Julian W. Moore, and Keith M. Holley, police officers employed by Defendant Metropolitan Police Department (“MNPD”) of Nashville, Tennessee, appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment on Plaintiffs’ reverse discrimination claims. Plaintiffs were passed over for promotion as a result of a departmental policy that they allege favored minority and female candidates. They sued Defendants MNPD; Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County (“Metro”); MNPD’s former chief, Roñal W. Serpas; and other MNPD personnel, alleging…