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Parties Involved:
Marc William Allen
Plaintiff
Corinth Coca-Cola Jonesboro
Defendant

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

NORTHERN DIVISION 

MARC WILLIAM ALLEN PLAINTIFF 

v. No. 3:24-cv-184-DPM 

CORINTH COCA-COLA JONESBORO 

ORDER 

DEFENDANT 

1. Allen's application to proceed in forma pauperzs, Doc. 1, 

is granted. He reports living on social security income. 

2. The Court must screen his complaint. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2). 

Allen, a former employee of Corinth Coca-Cola, says he was demoted 

and replaced with a less experienced and younger black employee after 

earning too much overtime. When Allen told his younger, less 

experienced black manager that he had inquired with the EEOC, he was 

fired. Doc. 2. He helpfully attached his EEOC right to sue letter, 

but not his EEOC charge of discrimination, to his complaint. 

3. The Court needs more information to evaluate his case. 

Allen hasn't identified his race, age, job description, and experience. 

He says his manager and the person who replaced him are younger and 

less experienced, but does not plead specific facts. The EEOC charge, 

in particular, would provide helpful background. 

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4. Allen must file an amended complaint with more details by 

3 January 2024. If he does not, the Court will dismiss his case without 

prejudice. LOCAL RULE 5.5(c)(2). 

5. Allen's motion to appoint counsel, Doc. 3, is denied without 

prejudice. This case is young, but he has adequately represented 

himself so far. And the law and facts here aren't so complex as 

to warrant appointing counsel at this stage. Plummer v . Grimes, 

87 F.3d 1032, 1033 (8th Cir. 1996). 

So Ordered. 

D.P. Marshall Jr. 

United States District Judge 

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