Case Name: Larry S. FRANKEL, as Legal Guardian for Jerome Frankel, Lillian Cowan, Barbara Brown, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Bernard Gelb, Unclaimed Property Recovery Services, Inc., as individuals and as Class Representatives, Appellants, v. James B. COLE, Joseph Scalfani, Joseph Lifrieri, William J. Moran, William H. McDavid, D'Arcy Leclair, James W. Zeigon, Barry Macklin, Robert Mac-Calister, E. Van Valen, F. Angelo, C. Braun, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., Chase Manhattan Corporation, Chase Bank of Texas, N.A., Chase Securities Processing Corporation, Defendants-Ap-pellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-01-17
Citations: 490 F. App'x 407
Docket Number: No. 11-3423-cv
Parties: Larry S. FRANKEL, as Legal Guardian for Jerome Frankel, Lillian Cowan, Barbara Brown, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Bernard Gelb, Unclaimed Property Recovery Services, Inc., as individuals and as Class Representatives, Appellants, v. James B. COLE, Joseph Scalfani, Joseph Lifrieri, William J. Moran, William H. McDavid, D’Arcy Leclair, James W. Zeigon, Barry Macklin, Robert Mac-Calister, E. Van Valen, F. Angelo, C. Braun, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., Chase Manhattan Corporation, Chase Bank of Texas, N.A., Chase Securities Processing Corporation, Defendants-Ap-pellees.
Judges: Present: AMALYA L. KEARSE, ROSEMARY S. POOLER, Circuit Judges. LAWRENCE E. KAHN, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 490
Pages: 407–408

Head Matter:
Larry S. FRANKEL, as Legal Guardian for Jerome Frankel, Lillian Cowan, Barbara Brown, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Bernard Gelb, Unclaimed Property Recovery Services, Inc., as individuals and as Class Representatives, Appellants, v. James B. COLE, Joseph Scalfani, Joseph Lifrieri, William J. Moran, William H. McDavid, D’Arcy Leclair, James W. Zeigon, Barry Macklin, Robert Mac-Calister, E. Van Valen, F. Angelo, C. Braun, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., Chase Manhattan Corporation, Chase Bank of Texas, N.A., Chase Securities Processing Corporation, Defendants-Ap-pellees.
No. 11-3423-cv.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Jan. 17, 2013.
Paul Batista, New York, NY, for Appellant.
Norman A. Kaplan, Law Offices of Norman A. Kaplan, Great Neck, NY, for Ap-pellees Larry S. Frankel, as Legal Guardian for Jerome Frankel, Lillian Cowan and Barbara Brown.
Paul C. Curnin, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (Linton Mann III, on the brief), New York, NY, for Appellees J.P Morgan Chase & Co., Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., Chase Manhattan Corporation, Chase Bank of Texas, N.A., Chase Securities Processing Corp.
Present: AMALYA L. KEARSE, ROSEMARY S. POOLER, Circuit Judges. LAWRENCE E. KAHN, District Judge.
The Honorable Lawrence E. Kahn, United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
ON CONSIDERATION WHEREOF, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, AD JUDGED, AND DECREED that the judgment of said District Court be and it hereby is AFFIRMED.
Appellants Bernard Gelb and Unclaimed Property Recovery Services, Inc. (together, "Gelb") appeal from the July 26, 2011 memorandum and order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Amon, J.) denying their motion to intervene, and the July 26, 2011 memorandum and order of the same court (1) granting class certification; (2) approving a class settlement agreement; (3) awarding class counsel attorneys' fee; (4) awarding incentive payments to class representatives; and (5) dismissing the complaint with prejudice. The plaintiffs-appel-lees have moved to dismiss Gelb's appeal for lack of appellate jurisdiction and failure to properly specify the order being appeal from. We assume the parties' and Gelb's familiarity with the underlying facts, procedural history, and specification of issues for review.
The pending motion to dismiss the appeal for lack of standing is denied, as we find Gelb has standing to the extent he appeals from (1) the district court's ruling finding he lacked standing to object to the settlement, cf. Devlin v. Scardelletti, 536 U.S. 1, 9-10, 122 S.Ct. 2005, 153 L.Ed.2d 27 (2002) (according nonnamed class members who timely object to class settlement standing to appeal); and (2) standing to appeal the district court's denial of his motion to intervene, see Sahu v. Union Carbide Corp., 548 F.3d 59, 65-66 (2d Cir. 2008).
The district court correctly determined Gelb lacked standing to object to the proposed settlement. Gelb is plainly not a party to the litigation, having voluntarily chosen to withdraw; and he is not a class member. In short, he has no interest implicated here. Any claims Gelb may have can be brought in state court. Nor did the district court abuse its discretion in finding Gelb's motion to intervene untimely. The decision whether to deny a motion to intervene on the ground that it is untimely is committed to the sound discretion of the district court. United States v. Yonkers Bd. of Educ., 801 F.2d 593, 594-95 (2d Cir.1986). "Among the circumstances generally considered are: (1) how long the applicant had notice of the interest before it made the motion to intervene; (2) prejudice to existing parties resulting from any delay; (3) prejudice to the applicant if the motion is denied; and (4) any unusual circumstances militating for or against a finding of timeliness." United States v. Pitney Bowes, Inc., 25 F.3d 66, 70 (2d Cir.1994). Here, the district court ordered that any motion to intervene following the fairness hearing must be made by June 3, 2011; Gelb did not make his motion until July 14, 2011, and the court concluded that he had provided no sufficient explanation for his tardiness. The district court properly determined none of the Pitney Bowes factors favored allowing Gelb to intervene.
We have examined the remainder of Gelb's arguments and find them to be without merit. Accordingly, the judgment of the district court hereby is AFFIRMED.