Johnson v. City of Kewanee

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS ROCK ISLAND DIVISION RODNEY JOHNSON and DEBORAH ) JOHNSON, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Case No. 4:21-cv-04051-SLD-JEH ) CITY OF KEWANEE, ) ) Defendant. ) ORDER Before the Court is Defendant City of Kewanee’s Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 25. For the following reasons, the motion is DENIED. BACKGROUND1 Plaintiffs Deborah and Rodney Johnson,2 a married couple, are former employees of the City of Kewanee (“the City”). At the time their employment ended, Deborah was the Account and Finance Director and Rodney was the Public Works…