Legal Opinion
Poche v. JOUBRAN
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided May 10, 2011No. 10-8040PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TACHA, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-intervenor-appellant United States of America appeals the district court’s award of attorney’s fees and costs to plaintiffs-appellees Edward and Cynthia Poche. The United States contends that its sovereign immunity divested the district court of jurisdiction to award fees and costs against the United States, and that, even if the district court had jurisdiction, the amount awarded constitutes an abuse of discretion. 1 We take jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and REVERSE.
I. BACKGROUND
The material facts of this case are not disputed. In 2005, Army…
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