Prochazka v. United States

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND FINAL ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S CLAIM FOR ATTORNEY FEES, EXPENSES, AND COSTS UNDER THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT

BRADEN, Judge.

Congress enacted the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412, to enable a plaintiff, like Captain Frank J. Proehazka (“Captain Prochazka”), to obtain competent legal counsel to pursue monetary claims against the United States, in complex cases, such as this one. Of course, the statutorily defined fee structure does not come close to compensating counsel, such as Thomas A Coulter or his firm LeClair Ryan, P.C., for the market…