EAJA Awards

Agency Agency subcomponent Name Award date Award amount Awardees Claims description Finding basis Actions
U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency (FSA) Lenz Farms GP Null
$ 17,599
Lenz Farms GP NAD NAD Decision - Title 5 U.S.C. Section 504; 7 CFR Section 1.180 et seq Show
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 Education Null Council of Parent, Attorney, and Advocates, Inc. v. ED et al Null
$ 115,000
Plaintiff's Counsel EAJA claim for attorneys' fees and costs related to litigation challenging a Department final rule delaying implementation of IDEA significant disproportionality regulations. Plaintiff, Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, claimed 1470 hours and $20,000 in costs. Settlement (preliminary agreement subject to final approval) Show
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Null Berube v. Wilkie Null
$ 3,813
SULLIVAN, THOMAS E Benefits under Title 38 BVA committed a remandable or reversable error Show
U.S. Department of Homeland Security DHS/TSA Ibrahim v. DHS
$ 220,029
REDACTED Challenge to non-citizen’s placement on No Fly watch list and rescission of her student visa. Court found the watch list placement was erroneous and that the government’s attempt to defend the error was neither reasonable nor substantially justified.  Parties litigated the extent of fees until 2-Jan-2019 en banc ruling by Ninth Circuit sufficiently narrowed the points of contention to permit resolving the amount of the fees owed by settlement. Show
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Ibrahim v. DHS
$ 220,029
REDACTED Challenge to non-citizen’s placement on No Fly watch list and rescission of her student visa. Court found the watch list placement was erroneous and that the government’s attempt to defend the error was neither reasonable nor substantially justified.  Parties litigated the extent of fees until 2-Jan-2019 en banc ruling by Ninth Circuit sufficiently narrowed the points of contention to permit resolving the amount of the fees owed by settlement. Show
Other Agency Social Security Administration (SSA) [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
Other Agency Social Security Administration (SSA) [Redacted] v Commissioner of Social Security
$ 4,304
[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
$ 4,433
[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
$ 5,442
[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
$ 3,015
[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
$ 1,862
[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
$ 6,000
[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
$ 4,100
[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
$ 3,000
[Redacted] Action for Judicial Review of the Final Decision of the Commissioner of Social Security under the Social Security Act [Redacted] Show