Mealey's (September 29, 2017, 1:13 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A plaintiff must show that a proposed class satisfies the requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23, but does not need to do so “to a degree of absolute certainty,” an Illinois federal judge ruled Sept. 28, quoting from Messner v. Northshore Univ. HealthSystem, 669 F.3d 802, 811 (7th Cir. 2012), in his opinion granting class certification to individuals who were arrested by the Chicago Police Department (CPD) and are now suing, alleging that their due process rights were violated when their personal property was seized and sold or destroyed (Blake Conyers, et al. v. City of Chicago, No. 12-6144, N.D. Ill., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 159666)....