BEACH v. SMITH

No. 83-5809.

743 F.2d 1303 (1984)

Ronald Nestor BEACH, Jr.; and Crystal Michelle Beach, a minor, by Ronald Nestor Beach, Jr., her Guardian ad Litem, Appellants, v. William French SMITH, in his official capacity as head of the United States Department of Justice, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 23, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Imhoff, Wampler, Holzmann, Imhoff & Stone, San Diego, Cal., for appellants.

Catherine H. Coleman, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before TANG and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON, District Judge.


SOLOMON, District Judge:

Ronald Beach appeals from a judgment denying him attorney fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA). 28 U.S.C. § 2412. We affirm.

Beach filed an action against William French Smith as head of the United States Department of Justice (Justice Department). He challenged the guidelines for the issuance of federal arrest warrants in parental kidnapping cases, and he sought to compel the Justice Department to issue a warrant...

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