Key takeaways
- Ontario court records list Amir Reza Naderi as plaintiff in a civil lawsuit against Coinkite and Rodolfo Novak.
- The Toronto Superior Court of Justice case is classified as an economic injury claim and is currently active.
- Naderi has filed only a Form 14A Statement of Claim, and Coinkite and Novak have no lawyer listed yet.
Ontario court records list Amir Reza Naderi as the plaintiff in a civil lawsuit against Coinkite Inc., the maker of the Coldcard hardware wallet, and its founder and chief executive Rodolfo Novak. The records place the case in the Superior Court of Justice in Toronto and classify it as a civil tort claim for economic injury, not medical or professional malpractice.
The court record lists the case as active. Amir Reza Naderi, the plaintiff, is represented by Jonathan Foreman, while Coinkite and Rodolfo Novak, the defendants, have no lawyer listed on the record so far.
What the Court Record Shows
Case CV-26-00018158-0000 was filed on 11 September 2026 in the Superior Court of Justice in Toronto. Only one document has been filed: a Form 14A Statement of Claim (general), submitted by Naderi on the filing date. No future events are scheduled in the case, so the record shows no hearing date, no motion and no response from either defendant.
The court record available so far does not describe the alleged injury or the relief Naderi seeks. The economic injury classification is the only description of the claim the public record gives, and it separates the case from medical or professional malpractice.
A Class Action Label the Record Does Not Show
Posts on X sharing the case called it a class action. The court record lists one named plaintiff and an economic injury classification, and nothing in it describes a class of claimants or a request to certify one. Coinkite Inc. and Rodolfo Novak are the only defendants the record names.
A Statement of Claim sets out one side's allegations, and the record shows no defence filed and no hearing scheduled. Until the claim itself is public, what Naderi alleges and what he wants from Coinkite and Novak remain unknown, and nothing in the record tests the case's merits.
Why It Matters
Coinkite makes the Coldcard, a Bitcoin hardware wallet built so its owner signs transactions while the keys stay offline. A lawsuit against the maker does not move a single sat on those devices, because self-custody leaves no vendor holding your coins and no counterparty a court can order to freeze them. That is the incentive behind holding your own keys: your sovereignty does not depend on any company's legal fate. The useful move for Bitcoiners is verification, not rumor, so follow the docket and judge the case on what the filings say once they become public.
