Maria Medina Tovar v. Laura Zuchowski

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MARIA DEL CARMEN MEDINA No. 21-35664

TOVAR; ADRIAN JOVAN ALONSO

MARTINEZ, D.C. No. Plaintiffs-Appellants, 3:17-cv-00719- BR v.

LAURA B. ZUCHOWSKI, Director, OPINION Vermont Service Center, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services; ALEJANDRO N. MAYORKAS, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security; MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General, Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Anna J. Brown, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 6, 2022 Portland, Oregon

Filed July 21, 2022 Before: David M. Ebel, * William A. Fletcher, and Richard R. Clifton, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Clifton

SUMMARY **

Immigration/Attorneys’ Fees

In a case in which Plaintiffs previously prevailed in this court in their challenge to the denial of a petition seeking derivative U-visa status, the panel affirmed the district court’s denial of Plaintiffs’ application for attorneys’ fees and costs under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”).

United States Citizenship and Immigration…