Lucas v. Home Depot federal employment suit filed Feb. 18, 2026

A federal employment action captioned Lucas v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., 5:26-cv-00128 was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida on Feb. 18, 2026, according to court dockets. The defendant is listed as Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.; the filing appears under the Middle District of Florida calendar and case numbering system.

Court dockets identify the case by its full caption and the docket number 5:26-cv-00128. Public access to the filing is reflected on CourtListener, where the docket record shows an update dated Feb. 24, 2026. Those two dates - the original filing on Feb. 18 and the public docket update on Feb. 24 - are the current public entries tied to this action.

As of March 3, 2026, the case remains pending in federal court under the assigned number 5:26-cv-00128 in the Middle District of Florida. Future entries on that docket will record service of process, any answers or motions from Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., and scheduling orders from the court; those procedural steps will be posted to the Middle District of Florida docket and mirrored on public docket platforms.

The caption and docketing place the matter squarely in federal court rather than state forum, which can affect timelines for discovery and motion practice in employment disputes. The specific allegations and remedies sought in Lucas v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. have not been detailed in additional public filings beyond the initial docket entries as of the Feb. 24 CourtListener update.

Employees, store managers, and corporate HR staff who track litigation involving Home Depot can follow docket 5:26-cv-00128 in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida for the next filings. The Middle District docket will provide the first substantive view of plaintiff Lucas’s claims and any corporate response from Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., once those documents are filed and entered.