Michelle Scoggins v. Menard, Inc.

Type

Opinion

Per curiam

Yes — no individual author

Filed

May 12, 2025

Case

Michelle Scoggins v. Menard, Inc.

Case status

Decided

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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 25a0241n.06 Case No. 24-3760 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT FILED May 12, 2025 ) MICHELLE SCOGGINS, KELLY L. STEPHENS, Clerk ) Plaintiff-Appellee, ) ) ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED v. ) STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR ) THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MENARD, INC.; BILL NELSON, ) OHIO Defendant-Appellants. ) ) OPINION Before: SUTTON, Chief Judge; SILER and WHITE, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM. Michelle Scoggins drove forklifts for Menards for about two years, starting in early 2021. She alleges that she was sexually harassed by her manager, Bill Nelson, prompting her to sue him and the company in state court. Menards and Nelson removed the case to federal court. Once in federal court, the defendants produced the arbitration agreement that Scoggins signed at the start of her job, and argued that the court should compel arbitration and stay the case. “[A]fter reviewing the Agreement,” Scoggins agreed that it applied to her complaints. R.8 at 5. And she agreed that Menards, as her employer, was a party to the agreement, leading her to ask the district court to “stay the proceedings against Menards and compel arbitration.” R.8 at 8. She obje…

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