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JUDGE AWARDS $25,000 IN LEGAL FEES IN MANDAMUS CASE

By Greg Siskind

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A federal judge has ordered USCIS to pay attorney Kip Evan Steinberg $25,000 in legal fees after the lawyer's client sued the agency to force it to complete processing in an adjustment of status green card case. USCIS tried to point the finger at the FBI for delays in the name check process, but the judge wasn't buying. The judge found the 151 hours the lawyer put in to the case to be reasonable. So 151 attorney hours were wasted, an individual waited years unnecessarily and America's taxpayers are out $25,000. Think the judge was trying to send a message?

Full post as published by Greg Siskind's Blog on July 17, 2008 (boomark / email).

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