Nelson v. Robinhood Financial LLC et al

Filing 10

ORDER: Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that, on or before February 24, 2021, Plaintiff shall amend his Complaint to allege the citizenship of each constituent person or entity comprising the Defendant LLC's (If Plaintiff determines that all Defendants are, in fact, corporations, notwithstanding their names, it shall file a letter to that effect by no later than the same date). SO ORDERED., ( Amended Pleadings due by 2/24/2021.) (Signed by Judge Jesse M. Furman on 2/10/2021) (ama)

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Case 1:21-cv-00777-JMF Document 10 Filed 02/10/21 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ---------------------------------------------------------------------- X : BRANDON NELSON, : : Plaintiff(s), : : -v: : ROBINHOOD FINANCIAL LLC, et al., : : Defendants. : : ---------------------------------------------------------------------- X 21-CV-777 (JMF) ORDER JESSE M. FURMAN, United States District Judge: Plaintiff brings this putative class action against Defendants Robinhood Financial LLC, Robinhood Securities, LLC, and Robinhood Markets, Inc. invoking the Court’s subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d)(2), which provides for jurisdiction over “any civil action in which the matter in controversy exceeds the sum or value of $5,000,000, exclusive of interest and costs, and is a class action in which (A) any member of a class of plaintiffs is a citizen of a State different from any defendant; (B) any member of a class of plaintiffs is a foreign state or a citizen or subject of a foreign state and any defendant is a citizen of a State; or (C) any member of a class of plaintiffs is a citizen of a State and any defendant is a foreign state or a citizen or subject of a foreign state. 28 U.S.C. 1332(d)(2). Plaintiff seeks to certify a class of “[a]ll Robinhood customers within the United States” excluding “the Robinhood entities and their current employees, counsel for either party, as well as the Court and its personnel presiding over this action.” See ECF No. 3 (“Compl.”), ¶¶ 26, 28. Plaintiff alleges that Robinhood Financial LLC, Robinhood Securities, Case 1:21-cv-00777-JMF Document 10 Filed 02/10/21 Page 2 of 2

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