 The case, "Reid v. City of Atlanta, et al., United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division", is pending on cross motions for summary judgment.Pennington was also a defendant in the federal civil rights lawsuit of "Calhoun v. Pennington", filed in November 2009 on behalf of patrons of a gay bar in Atlanta who were detained and searched during a police raid.Pennington was married from 1974 to 1984 and had one son from this marriage.