Vicente Martin Angulo Santillano v. Wayfair LLC et al.

I. FACTUAL AND LEGAL BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Vicente Martin Angula Santillano began working for Defendant Wayfair LLC (“Wayfair”) as a Warehouse Associate on March 21, 2025. [Dkt. No. 2 ¶ 11, “Complaint”]. In his job as a Warehouse Associate, Plaintiff was responsible for operating forklifts, picking up boxes, and scanning boxes. [Id.]. Beginning around January of 2024, Plaintiff made arrangements with supervisors and managers to leave work early and take his prematurely born son to physical therapy. [Complaint ¶ 12]. Months later in June of 2024, a new Page 1 of CIVIL MINUTES—GENERAL Initials of Deputy Clerk iv supervisor named Ese took over and began assigning Plaintiff to extra tasks as well as tasks in different departments. [Id. ¶ 13]. Plaintiff still needed to leave work early to accommodate his son’s appointments. [Id. ¶¶ 13, 14]. Around this time, one of Plaintiff’s supervisors allowed him to leave for these appointments by using unpaid emergency time-off, while another supervisor named Jairo requested that Plaintiff provide a doctor’s note to support his need to leave work early. [Id. ¶ 14]. When Plaintiff provided a doctor’s note, Jairo “refused to accept…