Legal Opinion
Lord v. Napolitano
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 7, 2009No. 08-0550-cvPublished
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMARY ORDER
Catherine Lord appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The court denied Lord’s application for attorney’s fees and costs pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412 (“EAJA”), which application Lord submitted following the court’s “so-ordering” of a stipulated discontinuance of her lawsuit seeking a final decision on her pending application for naturalization. Lord agreed to discontinue the underlying suit in exchange for the defendants’ agreement to grant her application and administer the oath of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Ericksson v. Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2009
- Mary Kirkland v. Railroad Retirement BoardCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- United States v. $19,047.00 in United States Currency, Defendant-In-Rem, Parbottie Rodriguez, Claimant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
- Lord v. ChertoffDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2007