Johnson v. Nestle' USA

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION STANLEY JOHNSON, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) No. 19-cv-07119 v. ) ) Judge Andrea R. Wood NESTLÉ USA, INC., et al., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff Stanley Johnson, an African-American man, worked as a boiler room helper at a production facility owned by Defendant Nestlé USA, Inc. (“Nestlé”) from October 2016 until he was demoted to a lesser position in January 2017. Johnson claims he was terminated from the boiler room helper position because of his race, and thus he sued Nestlé under…