Black v. Shalala

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• holding that a defendant is not foreclosed “from attempting to facilitate settlement by making a pre-certification Rule 68 offer of judgment”
• concluding claim not mooted when Rule 68 motion made 4 months after complaint and prior to motion for class certification but dismissing on the merits
• dismissing the plaintiffs FDCPA suit after the defendant’s rule 68 offer of judgment rendered the plaintiffs individual claims moot
• Rule 68 offer of full relief in Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case renders action moot and subject to dismissal
• failure to file a certification motion sixteen (16) months after the filing of the complaint unreasonable
• mootness not avoided when plaintiff, although styling the action as a class action, had made no certification motion a year and a half after commencement of the action and one year after the Rule 68 offer

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