Case 2:17-cv-00218-RSM Document 130 Filed 05/07/18 Page 1 of 13 1 The Honorable Ricardo S. Martinez Chief United States District Judge 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 8 9 10 11 12 CASE NO. 2:17-CV-00218-RSM-JPD Daniel Ramirez Medina, Plaintiff, 13 14 15 16 17 18 PLAINTIFF’S SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION, DKT. 122 v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT; and U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES, Defendants. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP SUPP. BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION Case No. 2:17-cv-00218-RSM-JPD Counsel Listed on Pages I–II Case 2:17-cv-00218-RSM Document 130 Filed 05/07/18 Page 2 of 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Attorneys for Plaintiff: PUBLIC COUNSEL MARK D. ROSENBAUM (CA SBN 59940), pro hac vice mrosenbaum@publiccounsel.org JUDY LONDON (CA SBN 149431), pro hac vice jlondon@publiccounsel.org KATHRYN A. EIDMANN (CA SBN 268053), pro hac vice keidmann@publiccounsel.org ANNE M. HUDSON-PRICE (CA SBN 295930), pro hac vice aprice@publiccounsel.org ELIZABETH HADAWAY (CA SBN 308800), pro hac vice ehadaway@publiccounsel.org 610 South Ardmore Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90005 Telephone: (213) 385-2977 Facsimile: (213) 385-9089 GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP THEODORE J. BOUTROUS, JR. (CA SBN 132099), pro hac vice tboutrous@gibsondunn.com KATHERINE M. MARQUART (CA SBN 248043), pro hac vice kmarquart@gibsondunn.com NATHANIEL L. BACH (CA SBN 246518), pro hac vice nbach@gibsondunn.com JESSE S. GABRIEL (CA SBN 263137), pro hac vice jgabriel@gibsondunn.com 333 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90071-3197 Telephone: (213) 229-7000 Facsimile: (213) 229-7520 ETHAN D. DETTMER (CA SBN 196046), pro hac vice edettmer@gibsondunn.com 555 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Telephone: (415) 393-8200 Facsimile: (415) 393-8306 21 22 23 24 25 ERWIN CHEMERINSKY (DC SBN 289330; IL SBN 3122596), pro hac vice echemerinsky@law.berkeley.edu University of California, Berkeley, School of Law *Affiliation for identification purposes only 215 Boalt Hall Berkeley, CA 94720-7200 Telephone: (510) 642-6483 26 27 28 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP SUPP. BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION Case No. 2:17-cv-00218-RSM-JPD I Counsel Listed on Pages I–II Case 2:17-cv-00218-RSM Document 130 Filed 05/07/18 Page 3 of 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 LEAH M. LITMAN (DC SBN 1016310), pro hac vice llitman@law.uci.edu University of California, Irvine School of Law *Affiliation for identification purposes only 401 East Peltason Drive, Educ 1095 Irvine, CA 92697 Telephone: (949) 824-7722 LAURENCE H. TRIBE (MA SBN 126736; CA SBN 039441), pro hac vice larry@tribelaw.com Harvard Law School *Affiliation for identification purposes only 1575 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 Telephone: (617) 495-1767 ELIZABETH HAWKINS (SBN 43187) ehawkins@hawkinsimmigration.com Hawkins Law Group 17544 Midvale Avenue, Suite 301 Shoreline, WA 98133 Telephone: (206) 728-4220 Facsimile: (206) 973-5326 LUIS CORTES ROMERO (CA SBN 310852), pro hac vice lcortes@ia-lc.com Immigrant Advocacy & Litigation Center, PLLC 19309 68th Avenue South, Suite R-102 Kent, WA 98032 Telephone: (253) 872-4730 Facsimile: (253) 237-1591 NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT MATT ADAMS (SBN 28287) matt@nwirp.org 615 Second Ave., Suite 400 Seattle, WA 98104 Telephone: (206) 957-8611 23 24 25 26 27 28 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP SUPP. BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION Case No. 2:17-cv-00218-RSM-JPD II Counsel Listed on Pages I–II Case 2:17-cv-00218-RSM Document 130 Filed 05/07/18 Page 4 of 13 1 At the May 1, 2018 hearing, the Court indicated that it was ready to grant Plaintiff’s Motion 2 for Preliminary Injunction (Dkt. 122) (“Motion”) had Defendants not already reinstated Mr. 3 Ramirez’s DACA and work authorization pursuant to the classwide order in Inland Empire– 4 Immigrant Youth Collective v. Nielsen. 1 The Court therefore ordered supplemental briefing to (a) 5 confirm that the Court may enjoin Defendants on the current pleading and record in front of it, and 6 (b) provide Defendants an opportunity to respond to Plaintiff’s request for relief as reflected in the 7 revised proposed order provided to Defendants and the Court at the May 1 hearing (and filed 8 herewith). 9 The Court has broad powers to order appropriate injunctive relief now on the operative 10 pleading, to enjoin further action by Defendants based on their false allegations of gang membership 11 given that Defendants have already conceded in an adjudicative proceeding that Mr. Ramirez is not a 12 public safety concern. Such relief is necessary to provide Mr. Ramirez what he has always sought: 13 meaningful restoration of his DACA status and a return to the status quo before Defendants 14 unlawfully arrested him and tarred him with false allegations of gang affiliation. And because time is 15 of the essence and Mr. Ramirez will continue to suffer irreparable harm until an injunction issues, 16 Mr. Ramirez respectfully asks the Court to act swiftly to (1) maintain the status quo (i.e., enjoin 17 Defendants from terminating Plaintiff’s DACA status and work authorization) pending adjudication 18 on the merits and (2) enjoin Defendant USCIS from continuing to falsely accuse Plaintiff of being a 19 gang member in any further proceedings. 20 And the Court need not and should not wait for USCIS to again terminate Mr. Ramirez’s 21 DACA before righting the government’s wrongful conduct. Indeed, without the relief that Mr. 22 Ramirez seeks, Defendants could repeatedly attempt to strip Mr. Ramirez of his benefits based on 23 these false allegations while claiming each time that the Court must wait to act until Defendants 24 25 26 27 28 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 1 In other words, the Court would have found that Plaintiff had established his entitlement to preliminary relief either (i) by demonstrating a likelihood of success on the merits, irreparable harm in the absence of preliminary relief, that the balance of equities tips in Plaintiff’s favor, and that an injunction is in the public interest; or (ii) by satisfying the Ninth Circuit’s sliding scale approach by demonstrating serious questions going to the merits and a balance of hardships that tips sharply toward the plaintiff. See Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. Cottrell, 632 F.3d 1127, 1131, 1135 (9th Cir. 2011) (describing standard for preliminary injunction and sliding scale approach). Because the argument and evidence underlying Plaintiff’s motion as set forth in his prior briefing provide an ongoing basis for the relief sought, Plaintiff principally addresses herein the procedural questions raised by the Court at the May 1 hearing. SUPP. BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION Case No. 2:17-cv-00218-RSM-JPD 1 Counsel Listed on Pages I–II Case 2:17-cv-00218-RSM Document 130 Filed 05/07/18 Page 5 of 13 1 inflict the inevitable harm on Mr. Ramirez that comes with terminating his DACA and work 2 authorization. That cannot be the case. As set forth herein, the Court has broad equitable powers to 3 act now to prevent such injustice. 4 A. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Defendants’ Renewed Actions to Harm Mr. Ramirez and In-Court Concessions Confirm the Need for Immediate Injunctive Relief. After Defendants terminated Mr. Ramirez’s DACA status and work authorization in February 2017, they were required to reinstate his status pursuant to the February 26, 2018 Inland Empire order that certified a class of which Mr. Ramirez is a member. See Dkt. 126. However, at the same time that the government reinstated Mr. Ramirez’s benefits, it sought to terminate them again on the same unlawful basis, using a slightly different procedural tool. Defendants issued him a Notice of Intent to Terminate (“NOIT”) based on the same flawed, unsupported, and thoroughly discredited allegations that he is a gang member or gang affiliated. Indeed, counsel for the government conceded at the May 1 hearing that those discredited allegations are the basis for the NOIT: THE COURT: Is the plaintiff correct that by filing the notice to terminate, that you intend to once again rely on the allegations that Mr. Ramirez is a gang member, has associated with gang members, and therefore needs to have that DACA status terminated? MR. ROBINS: Essentially, yes, Your Honor. Declaration of Nathaniel L. Bach in Support of Suppl. Br. (“Bach Decl.”) ¶ 2 (Hrg. Tr. at 20:7–12). The Court then sought to confirm whether the government has “any other evidence to substantiate [its claim] that he’s a gang member or is associated with gang members,” but Defendants’ counsel’s had no real answer. Id. (at 20:24–21:7). 2 The government’s failure to answer this direct question is further proof that it has no evidence to support its claim that Mr. Ramirez has 2 The government’s counsel responded to the question by stating that “the government would dispute the court’s characterization and opposing counsel’s characterization that there is some record or administrative record that establishes, one way or the other, with absolute conclusiveness, about Mr. Ramirez’s gang affiliations or the lack thereof.” Bach Decl. ¶ 2 (Hrg. Tr. at 21:1–7). That statement is remarkable for two reasons: first, it concedes that the government does not have evidence—despite having over a year to substantiate its allegations and despite its access to many criminal databases—to prove that Mr. Ramirez is a gang member; and second, because the government already conceded, based on the same record, that it “do[es]n’t believe from this record there is enough for us to argue that he’s a danger to the community,” when the allegation of gang membership was the government’s basis for claiming that Mr. Ramirez presented a public safety issue. Dkt. 122-1 at 31 (Bond Hrg. Tr. at 26) (emphasis added). SUPP. BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION Case No. 2:17-cv-00218-RSM-JPD 2 Counsel Listed on Pages I–II Case 2:17-cv-00218-RSM Document 130 Filed 05/07/18 Page 6 of 13 1 gang affiliations. This latest concession follows Defendants’ repeated failure over the past 15 months 2 to produce any evidence to substantiate their allegations, despite Mr. Ramirez’s counsel’s repeated 3 requests that they do so. See Dkt. 122-2 ¶¶ 5–8. 4 Mr. Ramirez had 33 days to respond to the NOIT, and submitted his response today, May 7. 5 Defendant USCIS may now act at any time to again terminate Mr. Ramirez’s DACA on these false 6 pretenses, thereby violating Mr. Ramirez’s rights under the Administrative Procedure Act and the 7 Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. For the reasons set 8 forth in this brief and in Plaintiff’s Motion (Dkt. 122), Reply (Dkt. 124), Ex Parte Motion to Expedite 9 (Dkt. 126), and at argument on May 1, 2018, Mr. Ramirez respectfully requests that the Court 10 maintain the status quo pending merits adjudication by enjoining Defendants from terminating his 11 DACA status and work authorization, and from repeating or relying on the baseless allegations of 12 gang affiliation in any further proceedings. 13 B. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 The Court Has the Authority to Enjoin Defendants’ Unlawful Behavior on the Operative Pleading and Record Before It. Defendants object that the relief sought by the Motion—and the different scope of relief necessitated by Defendants’ shifting tactics—was not contemplated by the operative pleading (the Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”)). Dkt. 125 at 2 (citing inter alia Gray v. Sorrels, No. CV-16145-RAW-SPS, 2017 WL 167912, at *2 (E.D. Okla. Jan. 17, 2017)). But Defendants’ non-binding authority is irrelevant in light of the numerous binding precedents, as well as the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure, that confirm the Court’s authority to grant necessary relief when circumstances change after the filing of the operative pleading. 3 1. Ninth Circuit Authority Confirms this Court’s Ability to Issue the Injunction based on the SAC. 23 The Court may grant the Motion based on the SAC as filed because “[s]o long as a party is 24 entitled to relief, a trial court must grant such relief despite the absence of a formal demand in the 25 party’s pleadings.” In re Bennett, 298 F.3d 1059, 1069 (9th Cir. 2002); see also Z Channel Ltd. 26 27 28 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 3 Moreover, Gray relied on another case that found a lack of “a relationship between preliminary relief and the claims in [the petitioner’s] habeas petition.” Gray, 2017 WL 167912, at *2 (citing Terry v. Jones, 2007 WL 962916 (W. D. Okla. Mar. 30, 2007) (emphasis added). Here, however, the SAC details repeatedly how Mr. Ramirez is harmed by being falsely labeled as a gang member. Dkt. 78 ¶¶ 55-59, 63-69, 74-77, 83-84. SUPP. BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION Case No. 2:17-cv-00218-RSM-JPD 3 Counsel Listed on Pages I–II Case 2:17-cv-00218-RSM Document 130 Filed 05/07/18 Page 7 of 13 1 P’ship v. Home Box Office, Inc., 931 F.2d 1338, 1341 (9th Cir. 1991) (collecting authorities). Thus, 2 the Court may, on the current pleadings, grant Plaintiff’s Motion. Cf. F.R.C.P. 54(c) (“Every . . . 3 final judgment should grant the relief to which each party is entitled, even if the party has not 4 demanded that relief in its pleadings.”) (emphasis added). 4 Therefore, Defendants’ argument that 5 Plaintiff’s Motion “would not appropriately be before the court without amendment of the complaint” 6 (Bach Decl. ¶ 2 (Hrg. Tr. 25:5–6)) is contradicted by Circuit law and the Federal Rules. 5 7 This principle dovetails with the Court’s “broad powers and wide discretion to frame the 8 scope of appropriate equitable relief” when issuing a preliminary injunction. SEC v. United Fin. 9 Grp., Inc., 474 F.2d 354, 358–59 (9th Cir. 1973) (upholding issuance of preliminary injunction); see 10 also United States v. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of L.A., 575 F.2d 222, 228 (9th Cir. 1978) (“The equity 11 jurisdiction of the federal courts traditionally has permitted the fashioning of broad and flexible 12 decrees molded to the necessities of the individual case.”). Moreover, “the court may go beyond the 13 matters immediately underlying its equitable jurisdiction and decide whatever other issues and give 14 whatever other relief may be necessary under the circumstances. Only in that way can equity do 15 complete rather than truncated justice.” Coca-Cola Bottling, 575 F.2d at 228–29 (quoting Porter v. 16 Warner Holding Co., 328 U.S. 395, 398 (1946)). 17 And the Supreme Court has made clear that the federal courts may “‘adjust their remedies so 18 as to grant the necessary relief’ where federally secured rights are invaded.” J. I. Case Co. v. Borak, 19 377 U.S. 426, 433 (1964) (quoting Bell v. Hood, 327 U.S. 678, 684 (1946)); see also Kay v. City of 20 Rancho Palos Verdes, 504 F.3d 803, 813 (9th Cir. 2007) (quoting Bell, 327 U.S. at 684) (confirming 21 it is “‘well settled that where legal rights have been invaded, and a federal statute provides for a 22 general right to sue for such invasion, federal courts may use any available remedy to make good the 23 wrong done’”). Were it otherwise, a defendant could always seek to do what these Defendants did: 24 4 25 26 27 28 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Although Rule 54(c) speaks to “final judgments,” it would make no sense to impose a higher procedural burden on preliminary relief, particularly where Defendants have altered their behavior since the filing of the operative complaint. 5 While Ninth Circuit precedent, Rule 54(c), and the mootness doctrine confirm that the Court can grant relief on the current pleadings, should the Court feel that it needs a more specific amended pleading, Plaintiff will immediately file a third amended complaint. Should the Court require an amended pleading, it would not then need to wait to grant Plaintiff’s Motion and issue injunctive relief while Defendants’ response to the new pleading is pending. See NORML v. Mullen, 608 F. Supp. 945, 950 n.5 (N.D. Cal. 1985) (“Owing to the peculiar function of the preliminary injunction, it is not necessary that the pleadings be perfected, or even that a complaint be filed, before the order issues.”). SUPP. BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION Case No. 2:17-cv-00218-RSM-JPD 4 Counsel Listed on Pages I–II Case 2:17-cv-00218-RSM Document 130 Filed 05/07/18 Page 8 of 13 1 game the judicial system by changing the landscape during the course of litigation to frustrate a 2 court’s ability to enjoin shifting wrongful conduct. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 2. The Mootness Doctrine Further Confirms that the Court May Act in the Face of Shifting Circumstances. The mootness doctrine further reinforces the fact that the Court retains its ability to fashion appropriate relief where a defendant alters its conduct during the course of litigation. See Inland Empire–Immigrant Youth Collective v. Nielsen, Case No. EDCV-17-2048-PSG, Slip Op. at 15 (C.D. Cal. Apr. 19, 2018) (quoting Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Envtl. Servs., Inc., 528 U.S. 167, 189 (2000)) (noting that the standard for “‘determining whether a case has been mooted by the defendant’s voluntary conduct is stringent: A case might become moot if subsequent events made it absolutely clear that the allegedly wrongful behavior could not reasonably be expected to recur’”). In rejecting the government’s contention that named plaintiffs’ claims had been rendered moot by the government’s compliance with the Inland Empire court’s class certification and preliminary injunction order, the court found that the plaintiffs continued to maintain standing and that their claims were not mooted by the government’s conduct. Inland Empire, Slip Op. at 15 (C.D. Cal. Apr. 19, 2018) (noting that reinstatement of plaintiffs’ DACA and issuance of a NOIT do not render claims moot); Rosemere Neighborhood Ass’n v. EPA, 581 F.3d 1169, 1173 (9th Cir. 2009) (“the mere cessation of illegal activity in response to pending litigation does not moot a case”). Here, Defendants have not ceased their unlawful activity—they continue to rely on the false claim that Mr. Ramirez is gang affiliated in seeking to terminate his DACA anew—further confirming that preliminary relief remains warranted. See Johansen v. San Diego Cty. Dist. Council, 745 F.2d 1289 (9th Cir. 1984) (quoting S. Pac. Terminal Co. v. ICC, 219 U.S. 498, 515 (1911)) (“An action is not moot if it is ‘capable of repetition, yet evading review.’”). Indeed, even had USCIS not delivered the April 3, 2018 NOIT to Mr. Ramirez, the Court would retain the ability to enjoin Defendants from relying on the gang allegations that they have already conceded are not supported by sufficient evidence where they are capable of repeating their use of those allegations to cause Mr. Ramirez harm. Id.; see also Vegas Diamond Props., LLC v. FDIC, 669 F.3d 933, 936–37 (9th Cir. 2012) (quoting Los Angeles v. Lyons, 461 U.S. 95, 109 (1983)) (case is not moot when “named SUPP. BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION Case No. 2:17-cv-00218-RSM-JPD 5 Counsel Listed on Pages I–II Case 2:17-cv-00218-RSM Document 130 Filed 05/07/18 Page 9 of 13 1 plaintiff can make a reasonable showing that he will again be subjected to the alleged illegality”). 2 3. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP The Court Need Not Wait to Enjoin Defendants’ Reliance on Discredited Accusations of Gang Membership. Defendants’ argument at the May 1 hearing that USCIS’s action is not yet final and the Court therefore lacks the ability to review the issuance of the NOIT mischaracterizes the relief Plaintiff seeks, as an initial matter, and is wrong in any event, for multiple reasons. First, Mr. Ramirez seeks to enjoin Defendants’ use of the false allegation that he is a gang member, or is gang affiliated, in any proceedings. Notably, Plaintiff does not seek early review of agency action, which might then implicate issues of finality. And the relief he seeks is not limited to the NOIT issued against him and the agency’s further action on that NOIT. These distinctions are important. 6 The Court need not wait for USCIS to do what counsel for Defendants acknowledged will occur—i.e., the termination of Mr. Ramirez’s DACA based on the false claim of gang affiliation (see Bach Decl. ¶ 2 (Hrg. Tr. at 20:7–15))—before it can act to enjoin the use of admittedly unsupported allegations. To hold otherwise would mean that an agency could always act in bad faith to restart or begin new proceedings using the same discredited allegations and thereby inflict ongoing harm on an individual such as Mr. Ramirez. Accepting Defendants’ erroneous contention that the Court cannot act would mean that Mr. Ramirez could be stuck in an endless loop of bad-faith government action: each time the Court restored his DACA, the government could issue a new NOIT on the same false basis and the Court would be powerless to intervene. Such a result would be unjust, and counter to the rules and law governing agency action. See, e.g., Judulang v. Holder, 565 U.S. 42, 53, 55 (2011) (APA requires government to “exercise its discretion in a reasoned manner” and make discretionary decisions “based on non-arbitrary ‘relevant factors’”) (citation omitted); Ranchers Cattlemen Action Legal 6 Of course, once USCIS acts on the NOIT and issues its termination notice, Mr. Ramirez’s DACA status and employment authorization will have again been terminated, at which point any possible doubt about the Court’s authority to act will have been eliminated. The recent order in Gonzalez-Torres v. U.S. Dep’t of Homeland Sec., 2018 WL 1757668 (S.D. Cal. Apr. 12, 2018) that the government cited at the May 1 hearing simply confirms that this Court has jurisdiction to examine and rule on USCIS’s termination of DACA status following issuance of a NOIT. Should the Court feel that it cannot act to enjoin the government until termination occurs, the Court could either wait to issue its order, or stay its order enjoining Defendants from terminating Mr. Ramirez’s DACA and work authorization pending such later action. Should the Court require, Plaintiff would be willing to bring such later action immediately to the Court’s attention for emergency ex parte relief. But forcing Mr. Ramirez to again suffer this imminent harm based solely on Defendants’ false claims would be the height of injustice and exactly the sort of wrong that equitable power is meant to foreclose. SUPP. BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION Case No. 2:17-cv-00218-RSM-JPD 6 Counsel Listed on Pages I–II Case 2:17-cv-00218-RSM Document 130 Filed 05/07/18 Page 10 of 13 1 Fund United Stockgrowers of Am. v. U.S. Dep’t of Agric., 499 F.3d 1108, 1115 (9th Cir. 2007) 2 (agency action is “arbitrary and capricious” where agency “offered an explanation for its decision 3 that runs counter to the evidence before the agency, or is so implausible that it could not be ascribed 4 to a different in view or the product of agency expertise”) (quotation marks and citation omitted); see 5 generally Dkt. 122 (Mot. 9–10). Therefore, it is the use of those false and unsupported allegations 6 that this Court can and should enjoin. 7 Second, even if the determination to persist in using these discredited allegations implicated 8 the final agency action rule 7—which it does not for the reasons discussed above—there is an explicit 9 exception to the final agency action rule where court relief is needed to protect the individual targeted 10 by the agency from suffering irreparable harm. See Anderson v. Babbitt, 230 F.3d 1158 (9th Cir. 11 2000) (discussing irreparable harm and harm to due process rights as factors that may be “sufficient 12 to abrogate the statutory requirement of finality”) (citing Mathews v. Eldridge, 424 U.S. 319, 331 13 n.11 (1976)); Fort Sumter Tours, Inc. v. Andrus, 440 F.Supp. 914, 919–20 (D.S.C.), aff’d 564 F.2d 14 1119 (4th Cir. 1977) (court issued preliminary injunction on APA claim finding that “factor 15 militating against further agency action is the irreparable injury likely to be suffered by the 16 Plaintiff”). 8 Separately, the Court could issue an order delaying USCIS’s imminent termination of 17 Mr. Ramirez’s DACA status from ever going into effect and causing him irreparable harm. See 18 5 U.S.C. § 705 (APA provides that “to the extent necessary to prevent irreparable injury, the 19 reviewing court . . . may issue all necessary and appropriate process to postpone the effective date of 20 an agency action or to preserve status or rights pending conclusion of the review proceedings.”). 21 22 Here, the very act of again relying on the falsehood that Mr. Ramirez is a gang member or gang affiliated, in the face of concessions and findings to the contrary, causes him irreparable harm in 23 24 25 26 27 28 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 7 In any event, in the NOIT itself, USCIS has made the following determinations, which could be considered final in and of themselves: USCIS has “determined that exercising prosecutorial discretion to defer removal action in your case is not consistent with DHS’s enforcement priorities”; and “USCIS has determined, in its unreviewable discretion, that [Mr. Ramirez] do[es] not warrant a favorable exercise of prosecutorial discretion.” Dkt. 126-1 (Ex. C). 8 Moreover, judicial intervention may be justified before final action “where, as here, there is a substantial showing that an agency has exceeded the authority granted it by Congress, or that it is acting unconstitutionally.” Mount Sinai Hosp. of Greater Miami, Inc. v. Weinberger, 376 F. Supp. 1099, 1120 (S.D. Fla. 1974), reversed on other grounds 517 F.2d 329 (5th Cir. 1975); see also Gellis v. Casey, 338 F. Supp. 651, 652–53 (S.D.N.Y. 1972) (a “district court may correct a preliminary agency decision when the agency has plainly exceeded its statutory authority or threatens irreparable injury in clear violation of an individual’s rights”) (citation omitted). SUPP. BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION Case No. 2:17-cv-00218-RSM-JPD 7 Counsel Listed on Pages I–II Case 2:17-cv-00218-RSM Document 130 Filed 05/07/18 Page 11 of 13 1 the form of deprivation of his constitutional rights (see Hernandez v. Sessions, 872 F.3d 976, 994–95 2 (9th Cir. 2017)), emotional harm and stress inflicted by the continuing insistence of gang membership 3 (see Chalk v. U.S. Dist. Ct. for Cent. Dist. of Cal., 840 F.2d 701, 710 (9th Cir. 1988)), and harm to 4 Mr. Ramirez’s reputation (see Stanley v. Univ. of S. Cal., 13 F.3d 1313, 1324 n.5 (9th Cir. 1994)). 5 Under Defendants’ theory, an agency could maliciously defame an individual and trample his 6 constitutional rights, and there would be no recourse until agency action were complete. Such a 7 result is not supported or contemplated by the final action doctrine. The Court has the power to 8 preserve the status quo pending a final decision on the merits, and should do so here. Republic of the 9 Philippines v. Marcos, 862 F.2d 1355, 1361 (9th Cir. 1988). 10 Third, even if this Court had to wait for USCIS to take additional action before it could enjoin 11 Defendants’ behavior on the basis of Mr. Ramirez’s APA claims, Mr. Ramirez is separately entitled 12 to the order he seeks on the basis of his claim that Defendants violated his due process rights. Indeed, 13 courts can act to enjoin constitutional violations even where agency action is not otherwise 14 reviewable. See Hata v. United States, 23 F.3d 230, 233 (9th Cir. 1994) (quoting Lindahl v. Office of 15 Personnel Management, 470 U.S. 768, 791 (1985)) (“We recognize . . . that review of constitutional 16 claims may still be available upon a sufficiently pleaded allegation of a serious constitutional 17 violation ‘going to the heart of the administrative determination.’”). Here, Defendants have violated 18 Mr. Ramirez’s due process rights because their actions are fundamentally unfair, Cty. of Sacramento 19 v. Lewis, 523 U.S. 833, 847 n.8, 850 (1998), “shock the conscience,” and “offend the community’s 20 sense of fair play and decency.” Marsh v. Cty. of San Diego, 680 F.3d 1148, 1155 (9th Cir. 2012). In 21 other words, any argument that the Court must wait for USCIS to act to again terminate Mr. 22 Ramirez’s DACA and work authorization is immaterial because Defendants’ due process violations 23 provide a separate and continuing basis on which to issue the necessary relief. See Withrow v. 24 Larkin, 421 U.S. 35, 46–47 (1975) (“[A] fair trial in a fair tribunal is a basic requirement of due 25 process. This applies to administrative agencies which adjudicate as well as to courts. Not only is a 26 biased decisionmaker constitutionally unacceptable but our system of law has always endeavored to 27 prevent even the probability of unfairness.”) (internal citations and quotation marks omitted). 28 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP And this Court has already found that Mr. Ramirez has stated a claim for violation of his due SUPP. BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION Case No. 2:17-cv-00218-RSM-JPD 8 Counsel Listed on Pages I–II Case 2:17-cv-00218-RSM Document 130 Filed 05/07/18 Page 12 of 13 1 process rights. Dkt. 116, at 18 (denying Defendants’ motion to dismiss and noting it “cannot” be that 2 “no process is due” to DACA recipients, “particularly . . . where benefits have already been 3 conferred”). This use of unsupported allegations that are unsupported by the evidence available to 4 the agency, particularly in the face of on-the-record concessions that the government does not have 5 evidence to support a finding that Mr. Ramirez is a public safety risk, is the type of contradictory 6 conduct that is fundamentally unfair under the Due Process Clause, which forbids such actions. See 7 Raley v. Ohio, 360 U.S. 423, 437–39 (1959) (prosecuting someone for conduct that state officials 8 advised was legal violated due process); Cox v. Louisiana, 379 U.S. 559, 568–71 (1965) (“convicting 9 a citizen for exercising a privilege which the State had clearly told him was available to him” violates 10 due process). 11 12 * * * For the reasons set forth above and in the briefs and argument supporting his Motion for 13 Preliminary Injunction, Mr. Ramirez respectfully requests that the Court (1) maintain the status quo 14 by enjoining Defendants from terminating Plaintiff’s DACA status and work authorization pending 15 adjudication on the merits and (2) enjoin Defendant USCIS from continuing to falsely accuse 16 Plaintiff of being a gang member in any further proceedings. 17 DATED: 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP May 7, 2018 Seattle, Washington Respectfully submitted, /s/ Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP THEODORE J. BOUTROUS, JR. (CA SBN 132099), pro hac vice ETHAN D. DETTMER (CA SBN 196046), pro hac vice KATHERINE M. MARQUART (CA SBN 248043), pro hac vice NATHANIEL L. BACH (CA SBN 246518), pro hac vice JESSE S. GABRIEL (CA SBN 263137), pro hac vice /s/ Mark D. Rosenbaum PUBLIC COUNSEL MARK D. ROSENBAUM (CA SBN 59940), pro hac vice JUDY LONDON (CA SBN 149431), pro hac vice KATHRYN A. EIDMANN (CA SBN 268053), pro hac vice ANNE M. HUDSON-PRICE (CA SBN 295930), pro hac vice ELIZABETH HADAWAY (CA SBN 308800), pro hac vice Attorneys for Plaintiff SUPP. BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION Case No. 2:17-cv-00218-RSM-JPD 9 Counsel Listed on Pages I–II Case 2:17-cv-00218-RSM Document 130 Filed 05/07/18 Page 13 of 13 1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 2 I hereby certify that on May 7, 2018, I electronically filed the foregoing document with the 3 Clerk of the Court using CM/ECF. I also certify that the foregoing document should automatically be 4 served this day on all counsel of record via transmission of Notices of Electronic Filing generated by 5 CM/ECF. 6 /s/ Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP SUPP. BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION Case No. 2:17-cv-00218-RSM-JPD 10 Counsel Listed on Pages I–II Case 2:17-cv-00218-RSM Document 130-1 Filed 05/07/18 Page 1 of 43 1 The Honorable Ricardo S. Martinez Chief United States District Judge 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 8 9 10 11 12 CASE NO. 2:17-CV-00218-RSM-JPD Daniel Ramirez Medina, Plaintiff, 13 14 15 16 17 18 v. DECLARATION OF NATHANIEL L. BACH IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF’S SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT; and U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES, Defendants. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP DECLARATION OF N. BACH Case No. 2:17-cv-00218-RSM-JPD Counsel Listed on Pages I–II Case 2:17-cv-00218-RSM Document 130-1 Filed 05/07/18 Page 2 of 43 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Attorneys for Plaintiff: PUBLIC COUNSEL MARK D. ROSENBAUM (CA SBN 59940), pro hac vice mrosenbaum@publiccounsel.org JUDY LONDON (CA SBN 149431), pro hac vice jlondon@publiccounsel.org KATHRYN A. EIDMANN (CA SBN 268053), pro hac vice keidmann@publiccounsel.org ANNE M. HUDSON-PRICE (CA SBN 295930), pro hac vice aprice@publiccounsel.org ELIZABETH HADAWAY (CA SBN 308800), pro hac vice ehadaway@publiccounsel.org 610 South Ardmore Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90005 Telephone: (213) 385-2977 Facsimile: (213) 385-9089 GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP THEODORE J. BOUTROUS, JR. (CA SBN 132099), pro hac vice tboutrous@gibsondunn.com KATHERINE M. MARQUART (CA SBN 248043), pro hac vice kmarquart@gibsondunn.com NATHANIEL L. BACH (CA SBN 246518), pro hac vice nbach@gibsondunn.com JESSE S. GABRIEL (CA SBN 263137), pro hac vice jgabriel@gibsondunn.com 333 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90071-3197 Telephone: (213) 229-7000 Facsimile: (213) 229-7520 ETHAN D. DETTMER (CA SBN 196046), pro hac vice edettmer@gibsondunn.com 555 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Telephone: (415) 393-8200 Facsimile: (415) 393-8306 ERWIN CHEMERINSKY (DC SBN 289330; IL SBN 3122596), pro hac vice echemerinsky@law.berkeley.edu University of California, Berkeley, School of Law *Affiliation for identification purposes only 215 Boalt Hall Berkeley, CA 94720-7200 Telephone: (510) 642-6483 25 26 27 28 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP DECLARATION OF N. BACH Case No. 2:17-cv-00218-RSM-JPD Counsel Listed on Pages I–II I Case 2:17-cv-00218-RSM Document 130-1 Filed 05/07/18 Page 3 of 43 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 LEAH M. LITMAN (DC SBN 1016310), pro hac vice llitman@law.uci.edu University of California, Irvine School of Law *Affiliation for identification purposes only 401 East Peltason Drive, Educ 1095 Irvine, CA 92697 Telephone: (949) 824-7722 LAURENCE H. TRIBE (MA SBN 126736; CA SBN 039441), pro hac vice larry@tribelaw.com Harvard Law School *Affiliation for identification purposes only 1575 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 Telephone: (617) 495-1767 ELIZABETH HAWKINS (SBN 43187) ehawkins@hawkinsimmigration.com Hawkins Law Group 17544 Midvale Avenue, Suite 301 Shoreline, WA 98133 Telephone: (206) 728-4220 Facsimile: (206) 973-5326 LUIS CORTES ROMERO (CA SBN 310852), pro hac vice lcortes@ia-lc.com Immigrant Advocacy & Litigation Center, PLLC 19309 68th Avenue South, Suite R-102 Kent, WA 98032 Telephone: (253) 872-4730 Facsimile: (253) 237-1591 NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT MATT ADAMS (SBN 28287) matt@nwirp.org 615 Second Ave., Suite 400 Seattle, WA 98104 Telephone: (206) 957-8611 23 24 25 26 27 28 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP DECLARATION OF N. BACH Case No. 2:17-cv-00218-RSM-JPD Counsel Listed on Pages I–II II Case 2:17-cv-00218-RSM Document 130-1 Filed 05/07/18 Page 4 of 43 1 I, Nathaniel L. Bach, declare as follows: 2 1. I am an attorney admitted to practice law pro hac vice before this Court. I am an associate at 3 the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, and I am one of the attorneys responsible for 4 the representation of Daniel Ramirez Medina (“Mr. Ramirez”) in the above-captioned action. 5 I submit this declaration in support of Plaintiff’s Supplemental Brief in Support of Motion for 6 Preliminary Injunction (Dkt. 122). The following facts are within my personal knowledge 7 and, if called and sworn as a witness, I would testify competently to these facts. 8 9 2. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy the court reporter’s certified transcript of the May 1, 2018 hearing on Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction. 10 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States and the State of Washington 11 that the foregoing is true and correct, and that I executed this Declaration on May 7, 2018, in Los 12 Angeles, California. 13 /s/ 14 Nathaniel L. Bach _ Nathaniel L. Bach 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP DECLARATION OF N. 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FHUWLI 7 ( WKDW WKH IRUHJRL J LV D FRUUHFW WUD VFULSW IURP WKH UHFRUG RI SURFHHGL JV L WKH DERYH H WLWOHG PDWWHU EE '( ,( 851 &2857 5(3257(5 505 55 D R W 5 SR W W ZD W W W W DWW Case 2:17-cv-00218-RSM Document 130-2 Filed 05/07/18 Page 1 of 3 1 The Honorable Ricardo S. Martinez Chief United States District Judge 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 8 9 10 11 12 CASE NO. 2:17-CV-00218-RSM-JPD Daniel Ramirez Medina, Plaintiff, 13 14 15 16 17 18 v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT; and U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES, Defendants. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION Case No. 2:17-cv-00218-RSM-JPD [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION Case 2:17-cv-00218-RSM Document 130-2 Filed 05/07/18 Page 2 of 3 1 2 This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiff’s February 6, 2018 Motion for Preliminary Injunction. Upon consideration of Plaintiff’s motion and the record, IT IS ORDERED that: 3 1. Plaintiff’s motion for preliminary injunction is GRANTED; and 4 2. Defendants are ORDERED to restore Plaintiff Daniel Ramirez Medina to the status quo ante 5 by maintaining his DACA status and work authorization until a decision on the merits of his 6 claims; 7 3. Defendant USCIS is ORDERED to accept and process Mr. Ramirez’s future DACA renewals 8 and work authorization applications without requiring any showing above and beyond what 9 would have been required had his DACA status and work authorization not previously been 10 terminated, and without asserting that Mr. Ramirez is a gang member, gang affiliated, or a 11 threat to public safety or national security; 12 4. Defendant USCIS is ENJOINED from asserting, adopting, or relying in any proceedings on 13 any statement or record purporting to allege or establish that Mr. Ramirez is a gang member, 14 gang affiliated, or a threat to public safety. 15 16 Dated this ___ day of __________, 2018. 17 _________________________________________ THE HONORABLE RICARDO S. MARTINEZ CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION Case No. 2:17-cv-00218-RSM-JPD 1 Case 2:17-cv-00218-RSM Document 130-2 Filed 05/07/18 Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PRESENTED BY: /s/ Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP THEODORE J. BOUTROUS, JR. (CA SBN 132099), pro hac vice ETHAN D. DETTMER (CA SBN 196046), pro hac vice KATHERINE M. MARQUART (CA SBN 248043), pro hac vice NATHANIEL L. BACH (CA SBN 246518), pro hac vice JESSE S. GABRIEL (CA SBN 263137), pro hac vice /s/ Mark D. Rosenbaum PUBLIC COUNSEL MARK D. ROSENBAUM (CA SBN 59940), pro hac vice JUDY LONDON (CA SBN 149431), pro hac vice KATHRYN A. EIDMANN (CA SBN 268053), pro hac vice ANNE M. HUDSON-PRICE (CA SBN 295930), pro hac vice ELIZABETH HADAWAY (CA SBN 308800), pro hac vice Attorneys for Plaintiff 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION Case No. 2:17-cv-00218-RSM-JPD 2