On Remand, 9th Circuit Finds Class Decertification Appeal Was Untimely

Mealey's (August 28, 2019, 1:45 PM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — A petition for leave to appeal a class decertification order, where a motion for reconsideration was filed 20 days after the decertification order and the petition was filed 14 days after the motion for reconsideration was denied — without the benefit of equitable tolling based on a February decision by a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court — was untimely, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Aug. 27 (Troy Lambert, et al. v. Nutraceutical Corp., No. 15-56423, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 25839)....