UNION OF NEEDLETRADES v. U.S. I.N.S.

Docket No. 02-6188.

336 F.3d 200 (2003)

UNION OF NEEDLETRADES, INDUSTRIAL AND TEXTILE EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO, CLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 16, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ranjana Natarajan, Washington Square Legal Services, Inc., New York City (Michael Wishnie, Washington Square Legal Services, Inc., New York City, of counsel), for Appellant.

Edward Scarvalone, Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, New York City (James B. Comey, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Gideon A. Schor, Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, New York City, of counsel), for Appellee.

Before: OAKES, MESKILL and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.


MESKILL, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees, AFL-CIO, CLC (UNITE) appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Marrero, J., and seeks review of the denial of UNITE's request for an award of attorney's fees. We affirm.

This appeal requires us to decide whether, in view of the Supreme Court's decision in Buckhannon Board and Care Home v. West...

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