N.L.R.B. v. Doral Bldg. Services, Inc., 81-7206
| Decision Date | 30 June 1982 |
| Docket Number | No. 81-7206,81-7206 |
| Citation | 680 F.2d 647 |
| Parties | 110 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 3058, 94 Lab.Cas. P 13,649 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Petitioner, v. DORAL BUILDING SERVICES, INC., Respondent. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Ninth Circuit |
Sarah Green, Deputy Associate Counsel, Washington, D. C., argued, for petitioner; Elliott Moore, Washington, D. C., on brief.
Andrew B. Kaplan, Pettit & Martin, Los Angeles, Cal., for respondent.
Before BROWNING, Chief Judge, ANDERSON, Circuit Judge, and MARQUEZ, * District Judge.
Upon due consideration of Doral's application for fees and expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act and the National Labor Relations Board's opposition thereto, the court concludes that since Doral has not prevailed on the merits of the underlying action, 9th Cir., 666 F.2d 432, an award of fees at this time would be inappropriate. See Hanrahan v. Hampton, 446 U.S. 754, 100 S.Ct. 1987, 64 L.Ed.2d 670 (1979). Although Hanrahan involved the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988, we cannot distinguish it from the Equal Access to Justice Act for purposes of defining "prevailing party." See H.R.Rep.No.96-1418, 96th Cong., 2d Sess. 11, reprinted in (1980) U.S.Code Cong. & Ad.News 4984, 4990 ().
The application for fees is therefore DENIED.
* Honorable Alfredo C. Marquez, District Judge, United States District Court for the District of Arizona, sitting by designation.
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