Legal Opinion
Aronov v. Napolitano
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 13, 2009No. 07-1588PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION EN BANC
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
This case concerns the standards for an award of attorneys’ fees against an agency *86of the United States under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(1)(A). The Act requires such an award for a successful litigant who meets the particularized standards for being a “prevailing party,” when the government’s position, either before or after suit was filed, was not substantially justified, and provided that the award of fees would not otherwise be unjust. Id; see also generally Smith v. Fitchburg Pub. Sch., 401 F.3d 16 (1st Cir.2005).
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