EAJA Awards
| Agency | Agency subcomponent | Name | Award date | Award amount | Awardees | Claims description | Finding basis | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of State | Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Homeland Se... | Ibrahim v. DHS, et al. (N.D. Cal.) |
$ 220,470
|
Dr. Rahinah Ibrahim (represented by McManis Faulkner) | Dr. Ibrahim claimed a violation of her due process rights by being put on the No Fly list. | The District Court found that Dr. Ibrahim was incorrectly put on the No Fly list for a brief period of time due to a clerical error. | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Justice | Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) | Banda v. Neilsen et al. |
$ 8,437
|
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project | Immigration habeas petition challenging prolonged detention without bond hearing | Settlement agreement | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Justice | Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) | Martin v. Barr |
$ 2,108
|
Michael Martin, Legal Aid Society | Whether the Board of Immigration Appeals committed legal error when it dismissed Mr. Martin’s appeal pursuant to 8 C.F.R. § 1003.23(b)(1). | Settlement agreement | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Justice | Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) | Vasquez Cruz v. Barr et al. |
$ 4,150
|
Ricardo Vasquez Cruz | Immigration habeas petition challenging detention without bond hearing | Settlement agreement | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Justice | Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) | Sotelo Tarin v. Bonnar |
$ 30,250
|
Pangea Legal Services | Immigration habeas petition challenging Board of Immigration Appeals bond decision and re-arrest | Settlement agreement | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Justice | Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) | Ady Masood v. Barr |
$ 3,750
|
Pangea Legal Services | Immigration habeas petition challenging detention without bond hearing | Settlement agreement | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Justice | Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) | Raul Lopez Reyes v. Bonnar |
$ 17,500
|
Dolores Street Community Services | Immigration habeas petition challenging detention without bond hearing | Settlement agreement | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Justice | Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) | Leon Alfaro v. Barr |
$ 3,500
|
Central American Resource Center of Northern California | Immigration habeas petition challenging detention without bond hearing | Settlement agreement | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Justice | Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) | Garcia Gonzalez v. Bonnar |
$ 4,500
|
Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus | Immigration habeas petition challenging prolonged detention without bond hearing | Settlement agreement | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Justice | Bureau of Prisons (BOP) | Rodriguez-Castillo v. Nielsen, et al. |
$ 190,718
|
Gustavo Rodriquez Castillo, Gabriela M. Lopez, Immigrant Defenders Law Center | This case challenged the detention of immigration detainees at the Federal Correctional Institution at Victorville, California. Plaintiffs claimed a denial of attorney access violated their due process and First Amendment rights, and that Defendants’ policies regarding access to attorneys violated the Administrative Procedure Act and the Immigration and Nationality Act. | The court ruled that the Defendants’ assertion that confining detainees at a facility for convicted criminals complicated access to counsel does not justify Defendants’ position. | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Justice | Null | United States v. 269 Acres, More or Less, Located in Beaufort County, South Carolina |
$ 84,757
|
William D. Trask, Jr. | The United States filed this case in 2016 to impose a permanent restrictive easement over 269.22 acres of land located in Beaufort, South Carolina, which the landowners had owned in fee simple since 1955. The easement restricts land development in the flight path of jets in and out of the adjacent U.S. Marine Corps Air Station. | The court found that the government’s pre-litigation actions and litigation positions were not substantially justified because it had taken three different stances on valuation for determination of just compensation for the property. | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Justice | Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) | Abdisalam Wilwal, et al. v. Elaine Duke, et al. |
$ 55,000
|
Abdisalam Wilwal, Sagal Abidgani | Claims that are the subject of the settlement were: violations of the Fourth Amendment (unconstitutional seizure and excessive force), Fifth Amendment (violations of procedural due process and substantive due process), and the Administrative Procedure Act. | Settlement agreement | Show | |
| Other Agency | Social Security Administration (SSA) | [Redacted] v Commissioner of Social Security |
$ 7,200
|
[Redacted] | Action for Judicial Review of the Final Decision of the Commissioner of Social Security under the Social Security Act | [Redacted] | Show | |
| Other Agency | Social Security Administration (SSA) | [Redacted] v Commissioner of Social Security |
$ 4,673
|
[Redacted] | Action for Judicial Review of the Final Decision of the Commissioner of Social Security under the Social Security Act | [Redacted] | Show | |
| Other Agency | Social Security Administration (SSA) | [Redacted] v Commissioner of Social Security |
$ 7,300
|
[Redacted] | Action for Judicial Review of the Final Decision of the Commissioner of Social Security under the Social Security Act | [Redacted] | Show |