Legal Opinion
McClendon v. Illinois Department of Transportation
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided July 31, 2015No. 12 C 2021PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
'Elaine E. Bucklo, United States District Judge '
In September 2010, the Illinois Department of Transportation (“IDOT”) fired Charles McClendon (“McClendon”) from his job as a maintenance yard technician. McClendon thinks IDOT’s stated reason for his termination—an inspector general’s report concluding that he submitted fraudulent overtime hours—is a lie. He claims that IDOT actually fired him because of his race and in retaliation for his complaints about race discrimination, his affiliation with the Republican Party, and his union organizing activities.
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