Legal Opinion
Bah v. Cangemi
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 28, 2008No. 08-1705PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
In 2005 United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) determined that Sadou Bah was a removable alien and detained him for over a year while it sought the travel documents necessary to remove him. Bah successfully petitioned under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 for release from his detention. The district court 1 denied his subsequent request for attorney fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act, concluding that the government’s position in the litigation had been substantially justified. Bah appeals, and we affirm.
Sadou Bah is a Liberian national who entered the United…
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