United States Ninth Circuit

In Petitioner's motion for attorney's fees in an appeal in which the Court of Appeals ordered that Petitioner's habeas petition be granted, the motion is granted, where Petitioner's counsel possessed distinctive knowledge and specialized skill in immigration law, and thus enhanced rates were proper.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/09/2009
• Published 06/09/2009

Judges

• Before:  SIDNEY R. THOMAS, RICHARD A. PAEZ, and RICHARD C. TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ahilan Thevanesan Arulanantham, ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, John David Blair-Loy, Esquire, Legal Director, ACLU Foundation of San Diego and Imperial Counties, San Diego, CA, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Edward John Duffy, Trial, Christopher C. Fuller, Esquire, Senior Litigation Counsel, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondents-Appellees.