Emiabata v. Marten Transport, Ltd.

OPINION and ORDER

BARBARA B. CRABB, District Judge.

In this civil action for money damages, plaintiffs Sylvia and Philip Emiabata allege that defendant Marten Transport, Ltd. fired them from their jobs as truck drivers after an employee of defendant Freightliner, Inc. reported to Marten Transport that he had found alcohol in plaintiffs’ truck. (Plaintiffs allege that defendants planted the alcohol in the truck because of their race and for other reasons.) In an order dated August 23, 2007, I construed plaintiffs complaint as asserting a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and…