NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA SECOND DISTRICT B. L. S., ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) Case No. 2D18-2170 ) STATE OF FLORIDA, ) ) Appellee. ) _) Opinion filed October 11, 2019. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Pinellas County; James V. Pierce, Judge. Howard L. Dimmig, II, Public Defender, and Clark E. Green, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and C. To..
Whether Respondents engaged in a discriminatory housing practice in violation of the Florida Fair Housing Act, as amended, sections 760.20 through 760.37, Florida Statutes (2011)1/.Petitioners have proven by direct evidence housing discrimination based on familial status but there is no basis for an award of monetary damages.
Whether Respondent committed an unlawful employment practice?Petitioner has failed to establish a prima facie case of discrimination and did not offer any evidence to show respondent reason was a pretext for discrimination