United States Seventh Circuit

Plaintiffs' motion for attorneys' fees and costs under the Equal Access to Justice Act, arising from a reversal of the BIA's denial of their application for asylum and related relief, is denied as the government's position was substantially justified as a whole, and the request for an award of costs was untimely.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/17/2010
• Published 05/17/2010

Judges

• Before POSNER, RIPPLE, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Matthew Lorn Hoppock, Attorney, McCrummen Immigration Law Group, North Kansas City, MO, for Petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Melissa Lynn Neiman-Kelting, Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.