EAJA Awards
Agency | Agency subcomponent | Name | Award date | Award amount | Awardees | Claims description | Finding basis | Actions |
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U.S. Department of Defense | Defense Information Systems Agency | In the Matter of SES GS |
$ 57,494
|
SES (Voucher no. 40805) | Attorney's Fees | Attorney's fees related to GAO | Show | |
U.S. Department of Defense | Defense Information Systems Agency | APPEAL OF NETWORK DOCUMENTATION & IMPLEMENTATION, INC. |
$ 150,000
|
Network Documentation & Implementation, Inc. | NDI asserted a claim based upon an alleged implied-in-fact contract with the Defense Information Systems Agency (“DISA”) at the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (“ASBCA”). | Settlement Agreement | Show | |
U.S. Department of Defense | Department of the Air Force | Appeals of Iqrar Ahmed and Partner Contracting Company |
$ 13,538
|
Iqrar Ahmed and Partner Contracting Company Ltd. | Claims for fees and costs associated with appeal before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeal (ASBCA) (ASBCA Nos. 62494 and 62495) challenging a termination for cause and requesting an extension of time to deliver. | ASBCA judge found based on the record submitted before the Board that the contract gave appellant 60 work days to deliver and that the government had no basis to terminate appellant for its failure to deliver latrine trailers to Prince Sultan Air Base by 60 calendar days from contract award. Consequently, the Board sustained the appeal and converted the termination for cause to a termination for convenience. ASBCA 62495 challenging the contracting officer's denial of a request for extension of time, was denied as moot. | Show | |
U.S. Department of Defense | Department of the Navy | Alderman Bldg Co., Inc. v Navy |
$ 57,676
|
Alderman Bldg. Co. | Attorney Fees & Costs | Prevailing and Eligible Party | Show | |
U.S. Department of Defense | U.S. Army | Lucas Calixto, et al. v. Department of the Army, et al. |
$ 550,000
|
Wanjing Li, Jingquan Qu, Xiongzhou Zhang, Xi Zhang, Chenhao Qian, Sansiri Suangchomphan, Lei Liu, Wen Si, Yunzheng He, Wendapagnagde Yabre, Sen Li, Fang Lu, Anton Tate, Yue Yin, Sai Krishna Uppugandla, Zehua Bian, Hyunsung Kim, Chengping Yuan, Gunay Miriyeva, Sandeep Mahat, and Shengfan Yang | Settlement. A case affecting soldiers who enlisted in the U.S. Army (including Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve/Delayed Training Program (“DTP”) and Regular Army/Delayed Entry Program (“DEP”) Soldiers) through the Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest (“MAVNI”) program. | These fees were settled through negotiation. Fees were deemed appropriate because the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit overturned our initial victory at the Court of Federal Claims and plaintiff received relief as a result of a subsequent evaluation. | Show | |
United States Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Rocky Mountain Wild; San Louis Valley Ecosystem Council; San Juan Citizens Alliance; Wilderness Workshop |
$ 412,500
|
Matthew Sandler and Travis E. Stills | 1) Claims the EIS and NEPA process are based on an unlawfully narrow design of Federal Action with an unreasonably narrow Purpose and Need statement, 2) The range of alternatives considered is unlawfully narrow, 3) The denial of Leavell-McCombs Joint Venture expanded access request was inappropriately excluded from the alternatives, 4) Forest Service failed to involve cooperating agencies, 5) The FEIS fails to identify and analyze the effectiveness of available mitigation measures, 6) Consideration of connected actions is inadequate, 7) The FEIS failed to provide the public and decisionmaker with a hard look at direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts of the action, 8) There was undue influence and proponent control of NEPA process, and 9) There was a failure to conduct unbiased review of objections. | On May 19, 2017, the District Court of Colorado ruled that the Forest Service violated NEPA and set aside the Record of Decision authorizing the Land Exchange Order. | Show | |
United States Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Yellowstone to Unitas Connection and Alliance for the Wild Rockies |
$ 12,500
|
Rebecca K. Smith | 1) Claims the Forest Service failed to take a hard look at potential cumulative effects on sage grouse and sage grouse habitat, and 2) Failed to rigorously explore and objectively evaluate all reasonable alternatives in the EIS. | On 7/7/2022, the District of Idaho issued an order staying the Summary Judgment and motion to dismiss deadlines. The Forest Service withdrew the challenged Record of Decision and parties agreed to discuss a stipulated dismissal. | Show | |
Social Security Administration | Null | [Redacted] v Commissioner of Social Security |
$ 4,220
|
[Redacted] | Action for Judicial Review of the Final Decision of the Commissioner of Social Security under the Social Security Act | [Redacted] | Show | |
Social Security Administration | Null | [Redacted] v Commissioner of Social Security |
$ 5,047
|
[Redacted] | Action for Judicial Review of the Final Decision of the Commissioner of Social Security under the Social Security Act | [Redacted] | Show | |
Social Security Administration | Null | [Redacted] v Commissioner of Social Security |
$ 7,500
|
[Redacted] | Action for Judicial Review of the Final Decision of the Commissioner of Social Security under the Social Security Act | [Redacted] | Show | |
Social Security Administration | Null | [Redacted] v Commissioner of Social Security |
$ 2,704
|
[Redacted] | Action for Judicial Review of the Final Decision of the Commissioner of Social Security under the Social Security Act | [Redacted] | Show | |
Social Security Administration | Null | In re Gerson Lliran |
$ 1,700
|
Bruce Allen | Motion for Contempt for Willful Violation of Stay | Settlement | Show | |
Social Security Administration | Null | In re Deborah Mims, Mims v. SSA |
$ 600
|
Rodney Lewis Caldwell | Adversary Complaint for Turnover and Request for Sanctions for Violation of the Automatic Stay | Settlement | Show | |
Social Security Administration | Null | In re David Livesay |
$ 965
|
Anthony Bush | Motion to Approve Compromise and/or Settlement Regarding Alleged Stay Violation | Settlement | Show | |
Social Security Administration | Null | Driggs v. Saul |
$ 14,285
|
Nossaman LLP | Action brought by survivor of a same-sex couple who was prevented or delayed from marrying by unconstitutional State laws. The case challenged the application of the 9-month duration of marriage requirement for purposes of determining entitlement to wife's or husband's benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act to these individuals. | Settlement Agreement | Show |