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Nat Bach
@natbach.bsky.social
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Litigator @ Manatt

media & entertainment law, copyright, tech, First Amendment, AI, music / pro bono impact litigation

https://www.manatt.com/nathaniel-l-bach
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Neil Young last night. Rock as politics and protest. Classics like “Ohio” taking on new urgency these days
September 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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big Sunday xword for legal puzzlers
August 24, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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We out here. Bryant Park, NYC #NoKings
“IKEA has better cabinets” No Kings at Bryant Park “In America, the law is king” No kkkings
June 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Angelenos (picnicking in parks and having a normal one) to Trump
“Stay out of Malibu, Lebowski!”
June 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Shame this wasn't filed on Halloween. Lawsuit over gravestone design just begs for judge to write, "Because the design lacks sufficient originality, this copyright claim is... dead."
Copyright and unfair competition lawsuit over headstone design Sketch from deposit copy with US Copyright Office allegedly infringing headstone
June 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Legitimately had to wonder which of the several cases this was for
April 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Just finished the fantastic new book on NYT v. Sullivan and the state of libel law by @davidenrich.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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“Pro bono”?
Princess bride meme: “you keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means”
April 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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And the court granted our PI that included a fairly extraordinary (but necessary) remedy to combat the govt's campaign against Daniel, enjoining the govt from calling Daniel a gang member in its effort to try to strip his DACA. 4/
Defendant USCIS is ENJOINED from asserting, adopting, or relying in any proceedings on any statement or record made as of this date purporting to allege or establish that Mr. Ramirez is a gang member, gang affiliated, or a threat to public safety.
March 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Chief Judge Ricardo S. Martinez (GW Bush appointee) eviscerated the govt's attempt to paint Daniel as a gang member in order to strip his DACA status: 3/
These conclusory findings have since been contradicted by experts and other evidence. For example, the arresting officer states that Mr. Ramirez was questioned about his “gang tattoo.” That tattoo consists of the words “La Paz – BCS” and a nautical star. However, as Mr. Ramirez has explained, “La Paz” is his birthplace, “BCS” stands for Baja California Sur (the region in which La Paz is located), and the nautical star is a popular symbol. Dkt. #35-1 at ¶ ¶ 23-25. Mr. Martin Flores, who has served as a gang expert in more than 700 cases, indicated that he has “never seen a gang member with a similar tattoo nor would [he] attribute this tattoo to have any gang-related meaning.” Dkt. #35-7 at ¶ ¶ 2 and 11. Defendants have produced no evidence to the contrary. Likewise, the conclusions that Mr. Ramirez “used to hang out with the Sureno’s in California,” “fled California to escape from the gangs,” and “still hangs out with the Paizas in Washington State” equally suggest that he had known gang-affiliated individuals. Dkts. #35-8 at ¶ 9 and #35-1 at ¶ 22. More importantly, the term “paisa” is simply the shortened form of “paisano” meaning one from the country. Dkt. #35-7 at ¶ 9. In addition, the ICE officer’s conclusion is completely contradictory to the government’s own previous findings after extensive background checks that were meant to uncover evidence of “known or suspected gang association.” See Dkt. #78, Ex. E.
March 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Labeling lawfully present immigrants as gang members to try to deport them is a well-worn tactic of the Trump admin. A federal judge smacked that effort against Daniel down in 2018, writing that the effort was "most troubling" and that the govt provided "no evidence" 2/
Most troubling to the Court, is the continued assertion that Mr. Ramirez is gang-affiliated, despite providing no evidence specific to Mr. Ramirez to the Immigration Court in connection with his administrative proceedings, and offering no evidence to this Court to support its assertions four months later. Dkts. #122-1, Ex. D and #129 at 20:20-21:7. Indeed, the Immigration Judge, after reviewing all evidence submitted by respondent, that Mr. Ramirez was credible, and that he was not in a gang or associated with one. Dkt. #124-1. For these reasons, the Court finds that Defendants’ continued assertion that Plaintiff is a gang member or gang-affiliated is arbitrary and capricious and in violation of the APA. See, e.g., Abdur-Rahman v. Napolitano, 814 F. Supp. 2d 1098, 1110 (W.D. Wash. 2011) (revocation of approved petition to support noncitizen’s permanent resident status was “arbitrary and capricious” where “agency failed to articulate a rational explanation for its decision”). Thus Plaintiff has demonstrated a likelihood of success on the merits. As a result, the first factor in the preliminary injunction inquiry tips in Plaintiff's favor.
March 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Who podded it better?
January 17, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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This fortunately turned out not to be true. From IG, yesterday:
January 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM