Legal Opinion
Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe v. Department of the Interior
District Court, E.D. California
Decided June 6, 1991No. Civ. S-90-0311-WBSPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SHUBB, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Plaintiff Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe (“Tribe”) filed this complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief under the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”) to challenge the validity of 43 C.F.R. § 4.603(a). The Department of Interior (“Department”) promulgated rules, among them § 4.603, for the purpose of establishing “procedures for the submission and consideration of applications for awards [of attorney fees and costs] against the Department” in order to implement the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 5 U.S.C. § 504. The purpose of the EAJA is…
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