Baker v. Coates

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK RALPH W. BAKER, JR., Plaintiff, 22-CV-7986 (JPO) -v- OPINION AND ORDER ADOPTING TA-NEHISI P. COATES, et al., REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION Defendants. J. PAUL OETKEN, District Judge: Plaintiff Ralph W. Baker, Jr. (“Baker”) brings this action against author and journalist Ta-Nehisi P. Coates (“Coates”) and twenty-four other defendants (together with Coates, “Defendants”).1 Baker is the author of an autobiographical work, and he alleges that Defendants unlawfully copied Baker’s work in their publication of various books, articles, and comic…