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Decisions

Decisions on one question: Attorney fees.

These are the decisions in the register tagged with this issue. A decision often answers more than one question, so the same case may appear under more than one heading. Show the whole register instead.

Euceda v. Noem

Relief granted

W.D. Tex. November 17, 2025 817 F. Supp. 3d 406

Mandatory detention reaches only a person currently seeking admission, so the petitioner, who holds Special Immigrant Juvenile status, must receive a bond hearing within fourteen days or be released.

Mandatory detention 1225(b) Bond hearing Attorney fees

Caution Fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act were denied under Fifth Circuit authority holding the Act does not authorize fees for successful section 2241 motions, in contrast to the fee award in Aden v. Nielsen; no docket number is printed in the brief.

Aden v. Nielsen

Relief granted in part

W.D. Wash. December 6, 2019 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 210865; 2019 WL 6683512 Third country: Somalia

The government's position was not substantially justified, and the court awarded $36,720 in fees and $2,170 in expenses at $450 per hour under the Equal Access to Justice Act.

Attorney fees Notice Third-country designation

Caution Fees were denied for the unsuccessful motion-to-enforce phase. The brief notes that a Fifth Circuit decision cited elsewhere in the collection holds the Act does not authorize fees for successful section 2241 motions, so fee recovery depends on the circuit.

This register lists decisions the Coalition has read. It is not a complete list of decisions on these questions, and a decision listed here may have been appealed, stayed, or superseded since it was entered. Follow the link on each entry for the court's own text.