Thomas v. National Education Association-South Bend

ORDER

Victoria Thomas, a former teacher and assistant principal, appeals the dismissal of her fair-representation and civil-rights suit against her union for failure to prosecute. *510The litigation has been protracted; the district court dismissed the suit after Thomas for a second time left her case inactive for nearly a year. Because Thomas had adequate notice of the possibility of dismissal, and the district court did not abuse its discretion, we affirm.

When Thomas was an assistant principal at an Indiana middle school, she struck an autistic student with her belt in a playful manner. The…