Thomas Burgess v. Knight Transportation Incorporated

1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Thomas Burgess, No. CV-25-02944-PHX-DWL 10 Plaintiff, ORDER 11 v. 12 Knight Transportation Incorporated, 13 Defendant. 14 15 Thomas Burgess (“Plaintiff”), an African-American man who is proceeding pro se, 16 has sued Knight Transportation Inc. (“Defendant”) under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act 17 of 1964 (“Title VII”), alleging that (1) Defendant has a blanket hiring policy of not hiring 18 job applicants with a felony conviction; and (2) this policy has a disparate impact on 19 African-Americans. 20 Now…