Dunn v. Robinhood: a new class action, filed May 2026
Read from the federal docket on 11 August 2026 · by Class Action Buddy
What the docket shows
| Case | Dunn v. Robinhood Markets, Inc. |
| Court | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California |
| Judge | Trina L. Thompson, with Magistrate Judge Ajay S. Krishnan |
| Docket number | 3:26-cv-04291 |
| Filed | 8 May 2026 |
| Cause recorded | 28 U.S.C. § 1331 — federal question, tort action |
| Nature of suit | 890 Other Statutory Actions |
| Parties | Jamillah Dunn (plaintiff); Robinhood Markets, Inc. (defendant) |
| Jury demand | Yes, by the plaintiff |
Docket entry 1 is recorded as “COMPLAINT Class Action Complaint against Robinhood Markets, Inc. … Filed by Jamillah Dunn”. A summons was issued to Robinhood on 12 May 2026, so the case has been served and is moving.
The full docket is public on CourtListener, which mirrors the federal PACER system.
What “890 Other Statutory Actions” tells you, and what it does not
The nature of suit is 890, Other Statutory Actions. It is the broadest consumer category on the federal docket and it is where privacy, video-privacy, biometric and many statutory claims land — which is why it is the code most worth watching if you follow settlements. It is also so broad that on its own it tells you very little.
What narrows it slightly is the cause: federal question, tort action. That means the claim rests on federal law rather than on the parties being from different states. Beyond that, the docket does not say what is alleged, and we are not going to fill the gap with a guess — particularly for Robinhood, where an invented “order-flow claim deadline” already circulates online and appears nowhere on the federal docket.
What we could not confirm, and will not guess
- What is alleged. The docket records the statute category, not the facts. The complaint is not in the public RECAP index.
- Who would be in the class. One named plaintiff, no certified class, and the proposed definition is in the pleading.
- How Robinhood has responded. The indexed entries show the summons issued and the routine corporate-disclosure filing, and no answer or motion to dismiss as of 11 August 2026.
Saying so matters more than it might seem. Pages that describe freshly filed cases in confident detail are usually describing the press release, or nothing at all. For the wider picture on this defendant, see our Robinhood class action page.
What has to happen before anyone is paid
Even in the cases that do end in money, filing is the start of a long road. Nothing is distributed until four gates have all opened, and they open in order:
- The claims deadline passes. Only then can the administrator review every claim, strip duplicates and fraud, and work out how many valid claims exist. Until that is done, nobody knows what a share is worth.
- The final approval hearing. A judge decides whether the settlement is fair, reasonable and adequate. The hearing being held is not the same as it being decided.
- The final approval order. Sometimes from the bench, sometimes months later. Nothing moves before it exists.
- The effective date. The one almost nobody has heard of, and the one that governs. After approval there is an appeal window of roughly 30 to 35 days. If anyone appeals, everything stops for every class member until it is resolved — commonly a year or more.
This case has not reached the first of those gates. It has not reached a settlement at all. Our guide to tracking a class action settlement's status explains the sequence with real dates from cases that are further along.
Frequently asked questions
Can I claim money from the Robinhood case?
No. Dunn v. Robinhood Markets, Inc. was filed on 8 May 2026 and is at an early stage. No class has been certified, and there is no settlement, no fund and no claim form.
Is this the Robinhood order-flow claim I keep seeing?
No, and that is worth saying plainly: the widely shared order-flow claim deadline does not appear on the federal docket at all. Dunn v. Robinhood Markets, Inc. is a real, separate case filed in the Northern District of California in May 2026.
What does nature of suit 890 mean?
It is the catch-all category for statutory claims, and it covers privacy, video privacy, biometric and telephone claims among many others. It is the code most likely to produce a no-proof settlement, but it is broad enough that on its own it does not tell you what a case is about.
Has Robinhood settled anything before?
Yes. A settlement over the 2020 outage paid out, and a case over the 2021 data breach was dropped rather than settled. Both are covered on our Robinhood page, and neither has anything to do with this new filing.