Timothy J. Rogers v. The Board of Education of the Buena Vista Schools the Buena Vista Education Association and the Michigan Education Association

SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judge.

In this Michigan labor and employment discrimination ease, plaintiff Timothy J. Rogers challenges the district court order dismissing his complaint for failure to exhaust his internal union remedies. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM in part, and REVERSE in part.

I

Plaintiff, a black male, is a tenured teacher of defendant Buena Vista School District (the school). Defendant Buena Vista Education Association (BVEA) is the collective bargaining representative of the school’s teachers, and is the local affiliate of defendant Michigan Education Association (MEA).

In…