Alganesh Beyene v. Coleman Security Services, Inc.

854 F.2d 1179 129 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2159 , 109 Lab.Cas. P 10,680 , 26 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 617 Alganesh BEYENE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COLEMAN SECURITY SERVICES, INC.; John Vandewalle; John McGrath; Parking Concepts Inc.; California Teamsters Public, Professional and Medical Employees Union, Local 911, Defendants-Appellees. No. 86-6343. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 8, 1988. Decided Aug. 19, 1988. James L. Brown, Supkoff & Brown, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. Robert D. Vogel, Wohlner, Kaplon, Phillips, Vogel, Shelly & Young, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before PREGERSON, CANBY and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges. PREGERSON, Circuit Judge: 1 Alganesh Beyene sued her union, the California Teamsters, Public, Professional and Medical Employees Union, Local 911, for breach of the duty of fair representation. Local 911 moved for summary judgment based on Beyene's failure to exhaust her internal union remedies. The district court granted the motion. We reverse on the ground that Local 911 failed to meet its burden of establishing the…