Legal Opinion
Loumiet v. Office of the Comptroller of Currency
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 12, 2011No. 10-1288PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge BROWN.
BROWN, Circuit Judge:
Carlos Loumiet appeals a final decision and order of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“Comptroller”) requiring him to bear the costs of his own defense in an underlying administrative proceeding in which he prevailed. We reverse that decision, finding the Comptroller was not “substantially justified” in bringing the underlying administrative proceedings against Loumiet, and therefore Loumiet is entitled to attorney’s fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act, 5 U.S.C. § 504. We remand for the Comptroller to…
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Carlos Loumiet v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2016
- Carlos Loumiet v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2020
- Loumiet v. United States of AmericaDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2014
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- Loumiet v. United States of AmericaDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2015
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