Legal Opinion

Chamblin v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

District Court, D. New Hampshire

Decided February 28, 2000No. CIV. 98-97-JDPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

MUIRHEAD, United States Magistrate Judge.

Before me for a Report and Recommendation is the motion for attorney’s fees in excess of the statutory limit set forth in the Criminal Justice Act (“CJA”), 18 U.S.C. § 3006A(d)(2), filed by petitioner’s appointed counsel. Counsel requests payment of $10,682.93 (consisting of $9,364.60 in fees plus $1,318.43 in costs) for representing petitioner, an Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”) detainee, in his successful habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. The INS contends that the CJA does not authorize the…

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