Wright v. Calumet City, Ill.

Plaintiff lacked standing to appeal Dist. Ct. order denying his motion to certify class action in instant section 1983 lawsuit, where plaintiff alleged that defendant failed to provide him with judicial determination of probable cause within 48 hours of his arrest, and where plaintiff had accepted without qualification defendant’s $5,000 offer to settle plaintiff’s individual claim. Settlement amount excluded any attorney fees generated in plaintiff’s pursuit of class action, and, because settlement covered “all claims brought under this lawsuit,” plaintiff was not “aggrieved person” with personal stake in class action for purposes of standing to pursue instant appeal, where plaintiff failed to preserve for appeal any interest in class action incentive award and failed to demonstrate that he retained any interest in class action attorneys’ fees.