SIMMONS v. STANBERRY

Docket No. 14-3106-cv.

810 F.3d 114 (2016)

Tyrone SIMMONS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William C. STANBERRY, Jr., aka Apex, Curtis Jackson, aka 50 Cent, Universal Music Group Recordings, Inc., Interscope Records, Apex Productions, LLC, dba Apex Productionz, after-math Entertainment, Shady Records, G-Unit Records, John Does 1-20, fictitious persons, and XYZ Corporations, fictitious entities, Defendant-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: January 15, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald A. Marks ( Louis D. Tambaro , on the brief), Marks & Klein, LLP, Red Bank, New Jersey, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Peter D. Raymond ( Geoffrey G. Young , on the brief), Reed Smith LLP, New York, N.Y., for Universal Media Group Recordings, Inc., Interscope Records, Aftermath Entertainment, and Shady Records, David L. Leichtman , Robins Kaplan LLP, New York, N.Y., for Curtis Jackson and G-Unit Records, for Defendant-Appellees.

Before: WINTER, LEVAL, and RAGGI, Circuit Judges.


Plaintiff Tyrone Simmons appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Irizarry, J.) dismissing his suit on grounds of untimeliness. Simmons, who is a writer and performer of hip-hop music, brought this suit against hip-hop producer William...

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