Legal Opinion
Hood v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided October 28, 2014No. 12 C 10423PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
SAMUEL DER-YEGHIAYAN, District Judge
This matter is before the court on Defendant National Railroad Passenger Corporation’s (Amtrak) motion for summary judgment. For the reasons stated below, the motion is granted in part, the claims brought against Defendant Jesse Nunez (Nunez) under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Section 1981) are dismissed, and the remaining state law claims are dismissed without prejudice.
BACKGROUND
Plaintiff Jonathan R. Hood (Hood) allegedly began working for Amtrak in January 2010 as a mechanic at the Amtrak yard in Chicago (Chicago Yard). Nunez was allegedly another…
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