Yaide

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 ABDERAMAN OUMAR YAIDE, Case No. 19-cv-07874-CRB

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

v. ATTORNEY FEES

CHAD WOLF, et al., Defendants.

13 Abderaman Oumar Yaide moves for attorneys’ fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(1)(A). The Court grants his motion. The Court determines that there is no need for oral argument. I. BACKGROUND Yaide is a native and citizen of Chad who has resided in the United States without legal status since 2009. Order Granting TRO (dkt. 20) at 1. His initial applications for relief from removal were denied by an immigration judge in 2014. Id. Chad criminalized homosexuality in 2017 and Yaide came out as gay in 2019. Id. On October 24, 2019, Yaide moved for the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) to reopen his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture based on these developments. Mot.…