Gregory v. Town of Verona

PER CURIAM: *

Jerry Scott Gregory filed this employment discrimination case alleging that the Town of Verona, Mississippi failed to promote him to Fire Chief because of his race. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Verona, concluding that Gregory had failed to produce sufficient evidence that Verona’s legitimate reasons for promoting another applicant were pre-textual. We affirm.

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Gregory, who is Caucasian, began working part-time as a firefighter in Verona in September 2009. He applied for the firefighter position based on the recommendation of his friend, Mac McCoy, who…