EAJA Awards
Agency | Agency subcomponent | Name | Award date | Award amount | Awardees | Claims description | Finding basis | Actions |
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U.S. Postal Service | N/A | Jones v. USPS | Null |
$ 79,900
|
Mondaire Jones, et al. | Constitutional challenge alleging that purported operational changes would impact timely processing and delivery of Election Mail | Settlement Agreement - The parties settled upon mutually agreed terms, no admission of liability for fees or litigation expenses, no admission of wrongdoing or liability | Show |
U.S. Department of Defense | U.S. Army | Nicholas Harrison, et al., v. Mark Esper, et al. |
$ 100,000
|
Nicholas Harrison, Richard Roe, Victor Voe and the Modern Miitary Association | Settlement. Plaintiff challenged his disability rating rendered by a PEB and the Physical Disability Board of Review. | These fees were settled through negotiation. Fees were deemed appropriate as relief was granted on remand and in accordance with a prior court's ruling. | Show | |
U.S. Department of Defense | U.S. Army | Charles J. Hubert, et al. v. United States |
$ 17,500
|
Charles J. Hubert and Jeremy I. Sunkel | Settlement. Class action lawsuit challenging the manner in which discharge upgrade decisions were made concerning PTSD and other mental health issues. | These fees were settled as part of a negotiated settlement concerning not only fees, but an amicable resolution of multiple matters within the lawsuit. | Show | |
U.S. Department of Defense | U.S. Army | Lionel Joell v. Secretary of the Army |
$ 18,770
|
Lionell Joell | Memorandum -Decision and Order. Plaintiff challenged his involuntary discharge from the Army. | The court awarded plaintiff attorney fees & costs for his counsel's efforts in opposing Defendant's motion to remand the case to the ABCMR. | Show | |
U.S. Department of Defense | U.S. Army | Wayne P. Marta v. Secretary of the Army |
$ 22,000
|
Wayne P. Marta | Settlement. Plaintiff challenged the decision of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records decision to deny his request to correct his records to show that he elected to transfer unused educational benefits to his children. | These fees were settled through negotiation. Fees were deemed appropriate because the the district court granted plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and remanded the case back to the ABCMR for further consideration consistent with its opinion. | Show | |
U.S. Department of Defense | Department of the Navy | KGJJ Engineering Solutions, LLC v DON |
$ 124,547
|
KGJJ Engineering Solutions, LLC | EAJA Attorney Fees & Related Litigation Expenses | Settlement Agreement | Show | |
U.S. Department of Defense | Department of the Navy | Titan One Zero, LLC v ONR |
$ 1,813
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Titan One Zero, LLC | EAJA Attorney Fees & Related Litigation Expenses | Settlement Agreement | Show | |
U.S. Department of Defense | Department of the Navy | Isaac Nyan v. United States |
$ 43,340
|
National Veterans Legal Services Program and Covington & Burling LLP | Challenge to military personnel action | Settlement (attorneys fees and costs) | Show | |
U.S. Department of Defense | Department of the Navy | Oscar D. Torres v. Thomas W. Harker |
$ 80,000
|
Perkins Coie LLP | Challenge to military personnel action | Settlement (attorneys fees and costs) | Show | |
U.S. Department of Defense | Department of the Navy | Michael Lomax v. Carlos Del Toro |
$ 5,000
|
Connecticut Veterans Legal Center | Challenge to military personnel action | Settlement (attorneys fees and costs) | Show | |
U.S. Department of Defense | Department of the Army | Ronald L. Driscoll v. United States of America |
$ 33,864
|
Ronald L. Driscoll | Settlement. Plaintiff's complaint alleged claims for wrongfulful discharge and denial of military pay. | These fees were settled through negotiation. Fees were deemed appropriate as relief was granted on remand and in accordance with a prior court's ruling. | Show | |
U.S. Department of Defense | Department of the Army | Ewang Theophile Epie-Alobwede |
$ 10,000
|
E. Epie-Alobwede | Settlement. Plaintiff's complaint challenged the determination of the Physical Disability Review Board that plaintiff was not entitled to a medical retirement. | These fees were settled through negotiation. Fees were deemed appropriate as relief was granted on remand. | Show | |
U.S. Department of Defense | Department of the Air Force | Williams v. Kendall |
$ 14,000
|
Midwest Military & Veterans Law, PLLC | Administrative Procedures Act challenge to denial of relief by Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records | Insufficient reasoning under the APA requiring remand for further explanation | Show | |
U.S. Department of Defense | Department of the Air Force | Annicelli v. Kendall |
$ 16,509
|
Midwest Military & Veterans Law, PLLC | Administrative Procedures Act challenge to denial of relief by Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records | Insufficient reasoning under the APA requiring remand for further explanation | Show | |
U.S. Department of Defense | Department of the Air Force | Sloan v. United States |
$ 10,000
|
National Veterans Legal Services Program Inc. | This was an action for combat related special compensation (CRSC) pay that Plaintiff alleged the USAF unlawfully failed to provide Plaintiff as a result of the USAF's Board for Correction of Military Records' (AFBCMR) findings that his disabilities were not combat-related pursuant to 10 USC 1413a. Plaintiff alleged various violations of the APA, 5 USC 706(2)(A). | The agency was not substantially jusitifed in denying Plaintiff's case at the AFBCMR because he did, in fact, file his case within the 3 year requirement of 10 USC 1552(b); the CRSC board utilized an incorrect standard of proof; the AFBCMR failed to obtain a required advisory opinion; the AFBCMR ignored Plaintiff's requests to assist him in obtaining medical records; the AFBCMR failed to consider Plaintiff's response to the initial advisory opinion; and the AFBCMR decision was bereft of serious analysis. | Show |