Legal Opinion
Jimmy JOHNSON, Petitioner v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 25, 2005No. 03-1931PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
AMBRO, Circuit Judge.
Jimmy Johnson moves for attorneys’ fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(1)(A). For the reasons that follow, we grant his motion.
I. Background
Johnson petitioned our Court for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying his asylum application. Johnson is a native of Liberia who fled that country after being forcibly recruited into and then deserting the army of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (“NPFL”) — a group associated with Charles Taylor, who later became the President…
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