Brenner v. Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

The would-be appellant in this case, Ronald Brenner (“Mr. Brenner”) sought to amend his late-wife’s putative class action complaint in order to name himself as lead plaintiff. The district court ruled that such an amendment would be futile and Mr. Brenner never became a party to the action. We find that Mr. Brenner does not fall within an exception to our general rule that non-parties may not appeal. Microsystems Software, Inc. v. Scandinavia Online AB, 226 F.3d 35, 39-42 (1st Cir. 2000) (identifying exceptions to the general rule barring appeals by non-parties). We…