DaSilva v. United States Citizenship & Immigration Services

WIENER, Circuit Judge: *

Plaintiff-Appellant Rafael Ellwanger DaSilva seeks attorneys fees from United States Citizenship and Immigration Ser*537vices (“USCIS”) under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412, for litigation involving the provision of a permanent resident card (“PRC”). He also seeks attorneys fees under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(4)(E), for a separate action to obtain documents pertaining to his immigration status. The district court denied Da-Silva’s EAJA fee request and awarded him $4,170 on his FOIA fee request, a substantial…