NELSON, Circuit Judge:
This appeal concerns the right of petitioners for naturalization to receive attorney fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412, when the government actively opposes the petition. We hold that the EAJA applies to contested petitioners for naturalization.
Appellees are sixty-nine petitioners for naturalization, the majority of whom are Filipino veterans of World War II who sought American citizenship based...
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