EAJA Awards
| Agency | Agency subcomponent | Name | Award date | Award amount | Awardees | Claims description | Finding basis | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of the Interior | Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) | Wildearth Guardians v. Hoover (Furbearer CITES and ESA sec 7 consultation Lynx Incidental Take Statement) |
$ 145,000
|
Wildearth Guardians, Peter M.K. Frost, Matthew K. Bishop, and Sarah McMillan | Plaintiff’s lawsuit alleges violations of the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) and the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) related to Federal Defendants’ actions to implement the 1973 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (“CITES”). | Lost on ESA sec 7 claim, no clear trigger for reinitiation of consultation | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | Forest Service (USFS) | Wildearth Guardians, Oregon Wild; Sierra Club, Great Old Broads for Wilderness v. Jeffries (WGE); Oregon Hunters Association v. USFS (OHA); Central Oregon LandWatch v. Jeffries (COWL) - Consolidated Cases |
$ 145,000
|
Wildearth Guardians, Oregon Hunters Association, Central Oregon LandWatch | NEPA, NFMA, ESA | Settlement | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | Null | Wildearth Guardians v. Zinke, et al. |
$ 70,000
|
Wildearth Guardians and Grand Canyon Trust | NEPA, APA | Null | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | Null | WildEarth Guardians, et al. v. Bail |
$ 12,000
|
WildEarth Guardians | NEPA | Null | Show | |
| U.S. Department of the Interior | Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) | WildEarth Guardians et al. v. Bernhardt et al. |
$ 50,950
|
WildEarth Guardians | On July 2, 2019, WildEarth Guardians, High Country Conservation Advocates, Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club and Wilderness Workshop sued the U.S. Department of the Interior (the Secretary, ASLM and OSM) for recommending and approving a mining plan modification at the West Elk Mine near Somerset, Colorado. The plaintiffs allege that the Department failed to analyze alternatives to reduce methane pollution from the expansion of the mine, failed to provide documentation supporting adoption of the leasing supplemental final environmental impact statement (SFEIS), failed to take a hard look at the cumulative impacts to climate and failed to take a hard look at impacts to water resources and fish | Court remanded for further consideration of methane flaring and impacts to water and fish and vacated mining plan decision. | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | Null | Montgomery v. Wilkie |
$ 9,100
|
WILCOX, JUSTIN P | Benefits under Title 38 | BVA committed a remandable or reversable error | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | Null | Allen v. Wilkie |
$ 12,356
|
WILCOX, JUSTIN P | Benefits under Title 38 | BVA committed a remandable or reversable error | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | Null | Tivey v. Wilkie |
$ 4,884
|
WHITCOMB, JOSEPH | Benefits under Title 38 | BVA committed a remandable or reversable error | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | Null | Davis v. Wilkie |
$ 9,743
|
WHITCOMB, JOSEPH | Benefits under Title 38 | BVA committed a remandable or reversable error | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | Null | Huggins v. Wilkie |
$ 6,672
|
WHITCOMB, JOSEPH | Benefits under Title 38 | BVA committed a remandable or reversable error | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | Null | Perry v. Wilkie |
$ 7,184
|
WHITCOMB, JOSEPH | Benefits under Title 38 | BVA committed a remandable or reversable error | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | Null | Johnson v. Wilkie |
$ 4,231
|
WHITCOMB, JOSEPH | Benefits under Title 38 | BVA committed a remandable or reversable error | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | Null | Garfield v. Wilkie |
$ 6,914
|
WHITCOMB, JOSEPH | Benefits under Title 38 | BVA committed a remandable or reversable error | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | Null | Robertson v. Wilkie |
$ 4,081
|
WHITCOMB, JOSEPH | Benefits under Title 38 | BVA committed a remandable or reversable error | Show | |
| U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | Null | Martin v. Wilkie |
$ 8,519
|
WHITCOMB, JOSEPH | Benefits under Title 38 | BVA committed a remandable or reversable error | Show |