Okoroanyanwu
Okoroanyanwu v. MV Transportation, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
I. INTRODUCTION
16 On April 23, 2020, Plaintiff, proceeding pro se, filed a civil complaint against Defendants MV Transportation, Inc. (“MVT”), and MVT supervisors Mark Anaya and Scott German. (Doc. 1.) Plaintiff alleges claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”), 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq., and the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12112 et seq., related to the termination of his employment with MV Transportation. (See id. at 4.) The original complaint seeks compensatory damages in the amount of $250,000. (Id. at 18.) Plaintiff also filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis, which was granted on April 28, 2020. (Docs. 2, 3.) On May 19, 2020, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 15, Plaintiff filed a first amended complaint (“FAC”) alleging the same claims but amending his request for relief, requesting (1) $35,000 for lost wages; (2) $100,000 for compensatory damages; and (3) $200,000 for punitive damages. (Doc. 4 at 48.) Plaintiff’s FAC is now the operative complaint and is before the…