Legal Opinion
Mirta Morillo-Cedron v. District Director for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 21, 2006No. 05-14047PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUBINA, Circuit Judge:
Appellant, the District Director for the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“Government” or “District Director”), appeals the district court’s order awarding attorney’s fees and expenses to appellees Mirta Morillo-Cedron, Mireya Olmo-Ferrer, Heather Orta-Olmo, Efrain Orta-Olmo, and Hillary Orta-Olmo (“plaintiffs”), under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), and costs under 28 U.S.C. § 2412(a). For the reasons that follow, we reverse the district court’s order.
I. BACKGROUND
The Administrative Appeals Office (“AAO”) ordered the…
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