United States Eleventh Circuit
Morillo-Cedron v. District Dir. for U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Servs., 05-14047
Award of attorney's fees and expenses to plaintiffs under the Equal Access to Justice Act is reversed where the district court erred in concluding that Buckhannon Bd. & Care Home Inc., v. West Va. Dep't of Health and Human Res., 532 U.S. 598 (2001), did not apply to the EAJA, and therefore, erred in finding that the plaintiffs were entitled to an award of costs and attorney's fees under the "catalyst theory."
Appellate Information
- Decided 06/21/2006
- Published 06/21/2006
Judges
- DUBINA, Circuit Judge:, Before DUBINA, KRAVITCH and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Eleventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Scott A. Hershovitz, Michael E. Robinson, Michael Jay Singer, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., App. Staff, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellant., Stephen Matthew Bander, Bander & Scarlatelli, P.A., Miami, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.