Ayala v. Looney

26 F.3d 129 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Noe AYALA; Manuel Cantuba; Iraj Daftarian; Josefina Dela Cruz; Domingo Guilberto; Myrna Flameno; Lourdes Habenicht; Sam Okechukwu Ijomanta; Jocelyn Joaquin; Kuo Lin Lee; Su Chen Lee; Arcadio San Diego; Teofilo Reyes Zosa; Rudolpho Quiloan, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Donald B. LOONEY, Acting District Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service Los Angeles District Office, Immigration and Naturalization Service; Immigration & Naturalization Service, U.S. Department of Justice, Defendants-Appellees. No. 92-56447. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 11, 1994. Decided June 1, 1994. Before: BRIGHT, * WIGGINS, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 The parties are familiar with the facts so we need not restate them here. DISCUSSION 3 A. Independent Review of Each Claim for Substantial Justification 4 The district court has discretion to determine the amount…