Dearlnae Turner sues Dollar General and Dolgencorp in Michigan federal court

Dearlnae Turner filed a federal employment lawsuit naming Dollar General and Dolgencorp LLC in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on March 5, 2026, according to a docket-monitoring listing; the published item is truncated and the complaint text is not yet available. The Law.com Radar listing provides the filing date and parties but does not include Turner’s allegations, the complaint’s causes of action, the docket number, plaintiff counsel, or whether the filing seeks class relief.

Reporters and interested parties seeking the Turner complaint should pull the E.D. Mich. docket to obtain the full pleading and any attachments, including the specific claims and relief sought. The research notes flag this as the immediate next step: identify the case number, counsel for Dearlnae Turner, the factual narrative alleged, and whether Turner seeks monetary damages, injunctive relief, or class certification.

Turner’s filing comes against a backdrop of recent enforcement and litigation involving Dollar General and related corporate entities. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Dolgencorp, LLC in the Western District of Oklahoma in a case captioned EEOC v. Dolgencorp, LLC, Case No. 5:25-cv-00083, alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act for allegedly failing to accommodate an employee, forcing her to quit after she called in sick, and retaliating against her for reporting the conduct. The EEOC’s summary of that complaint centers on Dollar General’s Olustee, Oklahoma store and says the worker “suffers from panic attacks,” that a manager initially promised the store would “work with the employee’s occasional need for time off,” then disciplined her for calling in sick after an anxiety attack, singled her out for conduct permitted for other employees, and told her the manager would not “lose [her job] because of an employee with a ‘social disability.’”

Earlier enforcement in Oklahoma culminated in a reported $295,000 EEOC settlement summarized by Supermarketnews on July 18, 2024. That settlement arose from an EEOC age-discrimination and retaliation complaint alleging a regional director repeatedly harassed district managers from July 2016 through January 2018 with language calling them “grumpy old men,” saying he was building “a Millennial team,” and insisting the stores needed “young blood.” The Supermarketnews summary said the consent terms required training for retail and HR managers, revised policies, employee notifications of rights, and reporting to the EEOC.

Dollar General’s internal and other litigation has been active as well. The company sued Dr. Johne Battle on Nov. 13, 2024; Battle filed a countersuit on Dec. 23, 2024, where he “vehemently refutes Dollar General’s assertion” and wrote, “During his employment at Dollar General, Dr. Battle discovered and documented systematic institutionalized discrimination, including on the basis of race throughout Dollar General’s management and officer ranks.” Battle’s counsel, David A. Burkhalter II of The Burkhalter Law Firm, is cited in the countersuit reporting, and Dollar General’s original complaint sought to prevent an alleged breach of employment agreements tied to confidential information.

The litigation activity arrives while Dollar General reports major scale: $40.16 billion in revenue for the Nov. 1, 2023–Oct. 31, 2024 period, more than 20,000 U.S. locations, a workforce of over 170,000 and roughly 75,000 people of color, per reporting that cites the company’s financial disclosures. Longstanding litigation history is substantial: a review cited by TheHonorableCochranJohnson and Capital & Main counted 2,494 individual employment cases filed during Todd Perdue’s tenure, compared with 76 employment cases in the four years before he took the helm, and historical matters include a reported $6 million EEOC settlement tied to discrimination against Black applicants and a 2007 Jacksonville pregnancy-discrimination lawsuit by Rachel Armington alleging managers called her “fat” and assigned unsanitary cleanup.

Turner’s March 5, 2026 filing will be the next docket to watch for details that could clarify whether the new suit overlaps with the EEOC matters in Oklahoma, the Battle litigation, or broader patterns alleged in prior suits. Reporters will pull the E.D. Mich. complaint and follow any responses from Dollar General and Dolgencorp LLC to determine the full scope of Turner’s claims.