Kenneth Motley v. Illinois Department of Corrections

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION KENNETH MOTLEY, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) Case No. 24-cv-13221 v. ) ) Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF ) CORRECTIONS, ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Pro se Plaintiff Kenneth Motley, an African American man, alleges that his former employer, Defendant Illinois Department of Corrections (“IDOC”), discriminated against him on the basis of race when it disciplined and ultimately fired him. He claims that the accusations against him were false and also that white co-workers who actually…