Conille v. Council 93, Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty & Mun. Emp.

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants, Local 402 and its Vice President, Pharamond Conille ("Conille"), appeal from the district court's findings, after a bench trial, that Local 402 never requested to appeal its deactivation to the International Executive Board ("IEB") and that it failed to prove that it was deactivated in retaliation for having exercised its free-speech rights. Because we find that Local 402 did request an appeal to the IEB, we reverse the district court's judgment and remand the case for an internal appeal to the IEB.

I. Background

The American Federation of State,…