Sirius XM Class Action Lawsuit: The $28 Million Do-Not-Call Settlement, Approved but Not Yet Paid
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The SiriusXM case in the news is a telemarketing case, not a billing case: Campbell v. Sirius XM Radio Inc., over sales calls to people on do-not-call lists. SiriusXM paid $28 million into a fund, the court approved the deal on July 6, 2026, and the claim deadline passed on March 21, 2026. As of October 2026, one claims-tracking site reports that an appeal was filed and that payments are on hold until it is resolved; we could not confirm this on the court docket. If you filed a claim, there is nothing more to do but wait.
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What the Do-Not-Call Lawsuit Alleged
This sirius lawsuit alleged that SiriusXM, directly or through telemarketing vendors, made sales calls to people whose numbers were on the National Do-Not-Call Registry or who had already asked SiriusXM to stop calling, in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and similar state laws. The class definition points at people who were not paying SiriusXM subscribers when the calls came, or who had already said no.
SiriusXM denied wrongdoing and the court never decided who was right. This is the second sirius settlement over the same kind of calls: an earlier case, Buchanan v. Sirius XM Radio Inc., No. 17-cv-728 (N.D. Tex.), also ended in a settlement, and the new deal adds practice changes on top of the ones agreed there.
Case Details
Campbell et al. v. Sirius XM Radio Inc., No. 2:22-cv-02261, U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois, filed November 29, 2022. The parties agreed to settle in July 2025 after mediation. The fairness hearing took place on June 26, 2026, and on July 6, 2026 the court entered final approval and a final judgment dismissing the case with prejudice, according to SiriusXM’s quarterly report to the SEC. The court-appointed administrator is Angeion Group; the official site is SXMTCPASettlement.com.
Status: Approved, Appealed, Not Yet Paying
An objector represented by the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute fought the attorneys’ fee request at the hearing and in a July 14, 2026 motion for reconsideration. According to the claims-tracking site ClaimDepot, an appeal was filed on August 27, 2026, and claims will not be paid until it is resolved. We could not confirm the appeal on the court docket itself. The court notice says the same in general terms: payments are issued only once the settlement is final, and appeals must be resolved first. As of October 2026, no payment date has been announced.
Who Is in the Settlement Class
You are in the class if, between April 27, 2019 and October 31, 2025, you received more than one SiriusXM telephone sales call in a 12-month period and either: the calls came more than 31 days after your number was on the National Do-Not-Call Registry and you were not a self-paying SiriusXM subscriber at the time; or the calls came after you asked SiriusXM to put you on its internal do-not-call list.
Being in the class is not enough to get paid. Only people who filed a valid claim by March 21, 2026 receive money. If you did not file, you get nothing from this fund but are still bound by the release — you cannot bring your own do-not-call suit over those calls unless you opted out by March 27, 2026.
How Much the SiriusXM Settlement Pays
The administrator counted about 427,627 claims as of April 13, 2026, out of a potential class of 20,220,465 — a 2.1% claims rate. Its estimate at that point was about $39.63 per claimant, before audits for duplicates and invalid claims, so the final figure can move either way. The objector framed it differently: spread across the whole class, the fund recovers less than $3 per class member, while class counsel sought more than $9.6 million in fees. For a quick sense of how fees and claim rates shape payouts in general, see our payout calculator.
How cases like this one end
Our copy of the federal courts’ own case database covers 7,184 federal civil cases of this typeclosed in U.S. federal district courts between 2015 and 2025, 41.9% of them filed as class actions:
- 32.3% ended in a settlement recorded by the court. Another 44.4% were dismissed voluntarily, which often follows a private settlement — so the real settlement share sits between 32.3% and 76.7%.
- 1.7% were decided on a motion before any trial.
- 1 in 1,437 reached a trial (0.1%), after a median of 18.4 months.
- Median time from filing to the end of the case: 4.1 months.
- Only 83 of them (1.2%) record a money award at all; the median of those is $41,000.
These are base rates for this type of case (telephone Consumer Protection Act) — not a prediction about this lawsuit, and not legal advice. Source: Federal Judicial Center, Integrated Database (civil), analysed by Settlement Insight. Cases heard in state courts are not included.
SiriusXM Do-Not-Call Settlement Timeline
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November 29, 2022 — Campbell Is Filed
A putative class action in the Central District of Illinois alleges SiriusXM sales calls to numbers on federal and internal do-not-call lists.
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July 2025 — Settlement Reached
After mediation, SiriusXM agrees to a $28 million non-reversionary fund covering calls from April 27, 2019 through October 31, 2025.
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March 21, 2026 — Claim Deadline Passes
Claims close; the opt-out deadline follows on March 27, 2026. By April 13, 2026 about 427,627 claims had been filed.
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July 6, 2026 — Final Approval
After a June 26, 2026 hearing, the court approves the settlement over an objection to the attorneys’ fees and enters final judgment.
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August 27, 2026 — Appeal Filed
Per ClaimDepot, an appeal is filed against the approval. Payments wait until it is resolved.
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As of October 2026 — Waiting on the Appeal
No payment date is set. Claimants do not need to do anything unless the administrator contacts them.
Three Things to Watch For
A settlement with 427,627 claimants waiting on an appeal is an easy hook for fake “payment release” messages:
“Pay a fee to release your SiriusXM payment”
Payments are delayed by the appeal, not by anything you owe. The administrator never charges claimants, and no fee speeds up a court process.
Late “file your claim now” pages
The claim deadline was March 21, 2026. Any site still offering to file a sirius settlement claim for the do-not-call case is collecting your data, not filing anything.
Calls or texts asking for bank login details
Claimants already chose PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, a prepaid card or a check on the claim form. Check any contact against the official site or 1-866-566-4210 — never a number in the message itself.
SiriusXM Lawsuit — Questions People Actually Ask
Is there a Sirius XM class action lawsuit settlement right now?
Yes. Campbell v. Sirius XM Radio Inc. settled for $28 million over telemarketing calls to people on do-not-call lists. The court approved it on July 6, 2026. Claims closed March 21, 2026, and, according to the claims-tracking site ClaimDepot, payments are on hold pending an appeal that we could not confirm on the court docket.
When will I get paid?
Not until the appeal is resolved and the settlement becomes final. As of October 2026 no payment date has been announced; appeals in federal court commonly take many months. Updates appear on SXMTCPASettlement.com.
How much will each claimant get?
The administrator’s estimate as of April 13, 2026 was about $39.63 per claimant, based on roughly 427,627 claims before auditing. The final amount depends on how many claims survive review and on the fees the court awards.
I missed the March 21, 2026 deadline. Can I still claim?
No. The claim and opt-out deadlines have both passed. If you are a class member who did not file, you receive nothing from the fund and your do-not-call claims for that period are released.
Is this about the U.S. Music Royalty Fee?
No. Separate suits and roughly 70,000 mass arbitration claims, starting in 2023, alleged SiriusXM hid its U.S. Music Royalty Fee in advertised prices. A private settlement on January 13, 2026 resolved most of them, per SiriusXM’s SEC filing; its terms are not public and there is no public claim form. One putative class action, Stutsman v. Sirius XM Radio LLC, remains pending in the Western District of Washington.
What about the New York lawsuit over cancelling SiriusXM?
New York’s Attorney General sued on December 20, 2023 over cancellation practices. In November 2024 the trial court ruled for SiriusXM on all but one claim, finding a violation of the federal “simple mechanism” cancellation rule. The Appellate Division affirmed on November 6, 2025; on May 14, 2026 it let the Attorney General appeal to the Court of Appeals over relief for customers outside New York. It is a government case with no claim form. More on cancellation cases: subscription trap settlements.
Is a letter or email about the SiriusXM settlement real?
Genuine notices come from the SXM TCPA Settlement Administrator (Angeion Group) and point to SXMTCPASettlement.com or 1-866-566-4210. The administrator did ask some claimants to fix incomplete claims, with an August 11, 2026 deadline — that window has closed. A message asking for a fee or a password is not genuine.
Does SiriusXM have to change how it calls people?
Yes, under the settlement terms. Among other steps, SiriusXM must send its vendors updated do-not-call rules and, for three years, review recordings of outbound sales calls to catch do-not-call requests that were missed.
Separate from this case: were you injured in the last 2 years?
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