DocketWise class action lawsuit overview:
- Who: Plaintiff Ngozi Emerokwam filed a class action lawsuit against 8am LLC, doing business as DocketWise.
- Why: Emerokwam claims DocketWise failed to properly safeguard and secure the personally identifiable information (PII) of consumers during a recent data breach.
- Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in Texas federal court.
A new class action lawsuit alleges DocketWise, an immigration and case management solution company, failed to properly safeguard and secure the personally identifiable information of more than 116,000 consumers during a recent data breach.
Plaintiff Ngozi Emerokwam claims DocketWise had both “legal and equitable duties” to protect and safeguard the private information of its customers from unauthorized access and intrusion.
Emerokwam further argues the data breach was due to DocketWise’s “negligent and/or careless acts and omissions” and its “utter failure to protect the plaintiff’s and class members’ sensitive data.”
“Defendant disregarded the rights of the plaintiff and class members by intentionally, willfully, recklessly or negligently failing to implement and maintain adequate and reasonable measures to ensure that the private information of the plaintiff and class members was safeguarded,” the DocketWise class action lawsuit says.
Emerokwam seeks to represent a nationwide class of individuals residing in the United States whose PII was accessed and/or acquired by an unauthorized party as a result of the data breach, including those who received notice of the data breach.
Class action alleges DocketWise did not notify affected consumers fast enough
Emerokwam claims DocketWise failed to notify consumers about the data breach in a timely fashion since it learned about the incident in or around October 2025 but only began notifying affected individuals about the incident on April 15, 2026.
“Defendant acted with a knowing state of mind when it failed to notify the plaintiff and the class in a timely fashion about the data breach, thereby materially impairing their mitigation efforts,” the DocketWise class action lawsuit says.
The data breach exposed PII, including consumers’ names, Social Security numbers, non-numerical immigration information, governmental identification number and username and access information for a non-financial account, according to the DocketWise class action.
Emerokwam claims DocketWise is guilty of negligence, negligence per se, unjust enrichment, invasion of privacy and breach of fiduciary duty and third-party beneficiary contract.
The plaintiff demands a jury trial and requests declaratory and injunctive relief and an award of actual, nominal and consequential damages for herself and all class members.
A consumer filed a similar class action lawsuit against Crunchyroll LLC over claims the company failed to protect the personally identifiable information of 6.8 million users during a March 2026 data breach.
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The plaintiff is represented by Angelica Gentile of Shamis & Gentile P.A.
The DocketWise class action lawsuit is Emerokwam v. 8am LLC, Case No. 1:26-cv-00967, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.
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