Plaintiff sole Black employee on work crew
Company: Riot
The claim, verbatim
The plaintiff was the only Black employee on his crew, working alongside 4-5 white coworkers, including supervisor Rusty Knight.
Source (primary)
Howell v. Riot Platforms Inc — Entry #1: COMPLAINT WITH JURY DEMAND against All Defendants filed by Coronet Howell (RECAP (purchased via PACER), court_filing)
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Quote: “Plaintiff, Mr. Howell, was employed by Defendant Riot Platforms, Inc., as the only Black employee on his crew, working alongside 4-5 white coworkers, including supervisor, Rusty Knight.”
How we checked this
Checked on September 28, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
Paragraph 2 of the complaint states this nearly word for word. It is the plaintiff's allegation, not a court finding.
Confirmed in the source:
- The complaint alleges the plaintiff was the only Black employee on his crew at Riot Platforms
- The complaint alleges he worked alongside 4-5 white coworkers
- The complaint alleges supervisor Rusty Knight was among those white coworkers
What we did: Read our cached copy of RECAP (purchased via PACER) (https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.415502/gov.uscourts.txnd.415502.1.0.pdf) in full (22,976 characters, retrieved September 26, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Howell v. Riot Platforms Inc — Entry #1: COMPLAINT WITH JURY DEMAND against All Defendants filed by Coronet Howell
Quote: “Plaintiff, Mr. Howell, was employed by Defendant Riot Platforms, Inc., as the only Black employee on his crew, working alongside 4-5 white coworkers, including supervisor, Rusty Knight.”