“Seeking to represent a class” - he can bring the case as a class action lawsuit but a) needs to get others to join his class then b) if the judge accepts it, o

“Seeking to represent a class” - he can bring the case as a class action lawsuit but a) needs to get others to join his class then b) if the judge accepts it, other defendants can jockey for being the one representing the case. Different lawyers will make different arguments why they should get the case then the judge chooses which plaintiff and lawyers get the class action. So that’s what “seeking to represent a class” means. He’s not seeking that amount for himself, but rather to distribute to everyone who bought dogs based on Musk’s tweeting