Leach v. Heyman

ORDER

CARR, District Judge.

This is a civil rights case arising from an altercation between the plaintiff, Michael Leach, who is an African-American, and Jenny Heyman, a former employee at a convenience store operated in Clyde, Ohio, by the defendant Speedway Super America (Speedway). Heyman is in default. Speedway has filed a motion for summary judgment, which shall be granted in part and denied in part.

Plaintiff works as a conductor for the Norfolk Southern Railroad. He and his co-workers routinely travel between Toledo and Bellevue, Ohio, to meet trains to which they have been assigned. En…