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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Dever grants a recycling processor’s motion to dismiss three out of four race discrimination allegations brought by a former recycling truck driver. The driver, a Black man, witnessed the processor’s supervisor randomly shooting a gun at trees, trash and other things at the facility and making racist comments, such as that he would “shoot any nigger, I don’t give a fuck,” in addition to using another slur at work. Later, the driver’s direct supervisor said he was being terminated for “poor job performance,” although previously he'd been rated as doing an excellent job. Then, the processor claimed the driver abandoned his job. The driver claims the processor’s supervisor recommended he be fired to the driver’s direct supervisor, but he provides only speculation about this. However, his claim of a racially hostile work environment will proceed.