Damon Dash has been summoned to federal court docket in Manhattan after failing to show over key possession paperwork tied to a $4 million judgment.

The decide has grown impatient and warned Dash that he could possibly be arrested if he doesn’t comply by the top of the month.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert W. Lehrburger issued the order after Dash and his firm, Poppington LLC, missed a July 10 deadline to submit certificates proving their possession in a number of companies and copyrights.

The paperwork was required so the U.S. Marshal might promote the property at a public public sale to assist fulfill the judgment. As of July 14, the court docket confirmed that Dash and Poppington had not complied with the order.

Lehrburger famous this was a part of a “pattern of non-compliance and delay” and scheduled a listening to for July 31 at 10 A.M., the place Dash should personally clarify why he mustn’t face sanctions.

If Dash fails to look, the court docket could challenge a warrant for his arrest and impose monetary penalties. However, he can keep away from the listening to altogether by submitting the required paperwork by July 30.

The authorized battle stems from a years-long dispute with filmmaker Josh Webber over the 2019 movie “Dear Frank.”

Dash was faraway from the venture however later claimed possession, prompting Webber and Muddy Water Pictures to sue for defamation and copyright infringement.

In 2022, a decide ordered Dash to pay $805,000 for failing to adjust to court docket deadlines and refusing to take part in mediation.

The scenario escalated after Dash made defamatory remarks about Webber on the Earn Your Leisure podcast. This resulted in a $4 million default judgment in 2025.

To get better the damages, the court docket authorised the sale of Dash’s pursuits in a number of corporations, together with Dash Films Inc., Bluroc LLC, Blakroc LLC, Lebanon Improvements LLC, Ocean East Improvements LLC and 1996 Songs LLC. Poppington LLC was additionally ordered handy over copyright certificates for a number of movies.

Webber’s authorized staff confirmed Dash’s attorneys had not delivered the paperwork.

Earlier this week, they sent a letter to the court, requesting an arrest warrant and asking that the disputed assets be transferred to the U.S. Marshal for auction.

Dash beforehand offered his one-third share of Roc-A-Fella Records for somewhat over $1 million in December 2024, however the proceeds didn’t cowl the total judgment attributable to excellent obligations to the state of New York, which bought the asset.

The court docket is now making an attempt to implement the remaining stability by way of asset liquidation.

The public sale shall be carried out by the U.S. Marshal, with any leftover funds returned to Dash after the judgment is happy.

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