JEAN v. NELSON

No. 86-5887.

863 F.2d 759 (1988)

Marie Lucie JEAN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Alan C. NELSON, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 27, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Singer, Mary T. Koehmstedt, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants.

Niels W. Frenzen, Ira J. Kurzban, Miami, Fla., Terrence A. Corrigan, Robert E. Juceam, Sandra Lipsman, New York City, Irwin P. Stetzky, Bruce J. Winick, University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before KRAVITCH and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.


CLARK, Circuit Judge:

In another chapter of what has been a long, complex, and bitterly contested lawsuit, the United States has challenged an award of attorney's fees and costs pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412. Supplied with the Supreme Court's first EAJA decision, Pierce v. Underwood, ___ U.S. ___, 108 S.Ct. 2541, 101 L.Ed.2d 490 (1988), we have concluded that the district court did not abuse its discretion in finding...

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