By: Derek Hawkins//May 2, 2017//
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: Robin Willie Turner v. Hirschbach Motor Lines
Case No.: 15-3263
Officials: POSNER, SYKES, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.
Focus: Court Error – Title VII
Plaintiff Robin Turner sued defendant Hirschbach Motor Lines for failing to hire him as a truck driver after his routine drug test was positive for marijuana use. Turner alleges the decision was racially discriminatory, but the district court granted summary judgment against him. Turner argues that the district court erred in requiring him to offer evidence both (a) that racial animus of a Hirschbach employee who was not a decision-maker caused the decision not to hire him, and (b) that Hirschbach and a medical doctor came to an agreement to cancel Turner’s request for a second drug test. We affirm. The district court correctly concluded that Turner lacked evidence supporting his federal claim for race discrimination and his state-law claim for civil conspiracy.
Affirmed