Legal Opinion
Balachandran Rajaratnam v. A.D. Moyer, District Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 17, 1995No. 94-2643PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Balachandran Rajáratnam, a citizen of Sri Lanka and ethnic Tamil, seeks review of a decision that he is not entitled to attorneys’ fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”). For the reasons set forth in the following opinion, we vacate the judgment and remand the case to the district court for proceedings consistent with our opinion in Alpern v. Lieb, 38 F.3d 933 (7th Cir.1994).
The petitioner was travelling to Canada; he was detained at O’Hare Airport because United States immigration officials discovered that he was travelling on false documents. 1…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Ardestani v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Bruce A. Campbell v. United States District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- Massey v. City of FerndaleCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1993
- National Labor Relations Board v. Gary Frazier, an IndividualCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
- McLeod Alexander, Powel & Apffel, P.C. v. Fred H. QuarlesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
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3Cited by22 opinions
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