Riley
Riley v. Acco Engineered Systems
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 EARL L. RILEY III, No. 1:21-cv-01785-JLT-HBK Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
v. (Docs. 40, 50, 62) ACCO ENGINEERING SYSTEMS, Defendant.
16 I. BACKGROUND Earl L. Riley III is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil action. (Docs. 1, 4.) Plaintiff, who is African American, worked for Defendant as a journeyman sheet metal worker. (Doc. 1 at 2.) Plaintiff advances disparate treatment and hostile work environment claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. (See generally id.) He alleges Defendant discriminated against him based on his race by assigning him to work alone on tasks that required more than one worker, while allowing other workers to complete such tasks in pairs. (See id.) Plaintiff alleges he was constructively discharged when he discovered someone had posted on an office wall at the jobsite a picture of a monkey wearing construction gear labeled “Sheet Metal 26 …