Legal Opinion
Jose Rolando Escobar Ruiz v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 24, 1988No. 83-7502PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
This case raises a critical question which we are apparently the first court to address: whether the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) provides for awards of attorneys fees in deportation proceedings. This is our third opinion in this case; as we have twice before, we hold that the EAJA covers deportation proceedings before the administrative agency as well as court proceedings reviewing agency deportation decisions.
*1022I. BACKGROUND
Escobar Ruiz is a citizen of El Salvador who allegedly entered this country without inspection in 1983. The immigration judge (IJ) found him…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Richardson v. PeralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Blum v. StensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-FonsecaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- United States v. American Trucking AssociationsSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Hanrahan v. HamptonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by53 opinions
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- United States v. Kevin J. SherbondyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- Teresa De Jesus Castillo-Villagra v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
- Donald O. Coe v. Otis Thurman, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
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