U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Alto Ingredients, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS PEORIA DIVISION U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff, Case No. 1:24-cv-01269-JEH-RLH v. ALTO INGREDIENTS, INC., Defendant. ORDER & OPINION This is a routine discovery dispute: the plaintiff wants more information than the defendant is willing to give. The plaintiff here is the EEOC who, on behalf of Mark Butcher, has sued Alto Ingredients, Inc.—Butcher’s former employer. The EEOC claims that Alto violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when it terminated Butcher in January 2021 on account of his disability. At…