Kenneth Carey v. Jonathan Kirk

── Kenneth Carey v. Jonathan Kirk ── Case No.: 25-11748 Court: Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Date: March 26, 2026 Category: CON USCA11 Case: 25-10866 Document: 58-1 Date Filed: 03/26/2026 Page: 1 of 11 NOT FOR PUBLICATION In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 25-10866 Non-Argument Calendar ____________________ KENNETH CAREY, STEVE ANYADIKE, Plaintiffs-Counter Defendants-Appellants, versus JONATHAN KIRK, Individually, a.k.a. DaBaby, Defendant-Counter Claimant-Appellee, KHALIK CALDWELL, a.k.a. Stunna 4 Vegas, et al., Defendants, UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP, INC., a Colorado Corporation, INTERSCOPE RECORDS, USCA11 Case: 25-10866 Document: 58-1 Date Filed: 03/26/2026 Page: 2 of 11 2 Opinion of the Court 25-10866 a Colorado Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. ____________________ Appeals from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida D.C. Docket No. 1:21-cv-20408-JEM ____________________ ____________________ No. 25-11748 Non-Argument Calendar ____________________ KENNETH CAREY, STEVE ANYADIKE, Plaintiffs-Counter Defendants-Appellants, JONATHAN MAY, THE LIONS’ DEN, ATTORNEY’S AT LAW, Interested parties-Appellants, versus JONATHAN KIRK, Individually, a.k.a. DaBaby, Defendant-Counter Claimant-Appellee, KHALIK CALDWELL, a.k.a. Stunna 4 Vegas, et al., Defendants, UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP, INC., a Colorado Corporation, INTERSCOPE RECORDS, USCA11 Case: 25-10866 Document: 58-1 Date Filed: 03/26/2026 Page: 3 of 11 25-10866 Opinion of the Court 3 a Colorado Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. ____________________ Appeals from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida D.C. Docket No. 1:21-cv-20408-JEM ____________________ Before ABUDU, ANDERSON, and WILSON, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: This consolidated appeal concerns three related motions for sanctions. First, Defendants-Appellees Jonathan Kirk (Kirk) and Bil- lion Dollar Baby Entertainment, LLC (BDBE) moved for sanctions pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(c). Second, Defend- ants-Appellees Universal Music Group, Inc. (UMGI) and Interscope Records (Interscope) moved for sanctions pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(c). 1 These first two motions sought sanctions against Plaintiffs-Appellants Kenneth Carey and Steve Anyadike (collectively, Appellants), Appellants’ counsel Jonathan May, Esq., and May’s law firm, The Lions’ Den, Attorneys at Law,