SCIRICA, Chief Judge. At issue is whether a putative class representative’s claim is mooted by a Rule 68 offer of judgment so as to defeat federal subject matter jurisdiction in a suit requesting class-wide relief. This appeal reflects the tension between two rules of civil procedure-Fed. R. Civ. P. 23 and Fed. R.Civ.P. 68-and whether they can be harmonized when the only individua…
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