United States Second Circuit

A petition for a writ of habeas corpus, challenging an immigration detention, qualifies as a "civil action" for purposes of the Equal Access to Justice Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/18/2005
• Published 04/18/2005

Judges

• Before:  OAKES, JACOBS, and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sandra A. Strempel, Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, Burlington, VT, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Carol L. Shea, Chief, Civil Division (David V. Kirby, Assistant United States Attorney, Peter W. Hall, United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, on the brief), United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont, Burlington, VT, for Defendant-Appellee.