United States Ninth Circuit

Plaintiff in an immigration case is a prevailing party for the purpose of awarding attorneys' fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act where a district court order incorporating a voluntary stipulation to a stay of departure materially altered the relationship between the parties and the alteration was judicially sanctioned.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/07/2005
• Decided 11/18/2005
• Published 11/18/2005

Judges

• REINHARDT, Circuit Judge., Before DONALD P. LAY,REINHARDT, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Peter R. Afrasiabi, Esq., Turner Green Afrasiabi & Arledge, Attorney for the appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Frank Travieso, Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for the appellees.