Legal Opinion
Aronov v. Chertoff
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 1, 2008No. 07-1588PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
We address in this case whether appel-lee Alexandre Aronov is entitled to attorney’s fees from the government under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412. The act provides that a court shall award fees and expenses to a prevailing party in a civil action against the United States unless the court finds that the position of the government was substantially justified or that other circumstances make an award unjust.
Aronov filed the action in this case to force the government to act on his long-pending application for naturalization. The district court…
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