William Crigler v. XPO, Inc., et al.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff William Crigler (“Plaintiff’ or “Crigler”) filed this case on April 16, 2025, in San Bernardino County Superior Court alleging several employment-related state-law claims against his former employer, Defendant XPO, Inc. (“XPO”), and his former supervisor, Defendant Saundra Coyle (“Coyle”) (collectively, “Defendants”), under California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”) and other California labor laws. ECF 1. The operative Complaint alleges as follows: Crigler was employed by XPO as a sales representative from January 9, 2023, to November 1, 2024. ECF 4 (Mazin Decl.) § 2, Ex. 1 (Compl.) § 9. Crigler was the only Black male sales representative in California during this period. Jd. § 26. Despite his excellent performance record, he was subject to “persistent harassment, unfair scrutiny, pretextual performance complaints, and [ultimately] termination.” Id. §§ 11-12. Specifically, Crigler claims that Coyle repeatedly harassed him due to his race. Jd. 17, 86. Coyle made demeaning comments about him, unnecessarily micromanaged him despite his strong sales performance, and demanded unreasonable things…