Authorities Cited: United States Code 5 U.S.C. § 504(b)(1)(C) 5 U.S.C. § 701 28 U.S.C. § 16 28 U.S.C. § 1920 28 U.S.C. § 2412 28 U.S.C. § 2412(b) 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(1)(A) 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(1)(C)(2)(B) 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(2)(A) 31 U.S.C. § 3553(b)(2) 31 U.S.C. § 3556 Supreme Court 401 U.S. 402, 420 421 U.S. 240, 258-259 430 U.S. 99, 105 447 U.S. 752, 765-766 487 U.S. 223 Circuit Courts 735 F.2d 1277, 1278 736 F.2d 1470 775 F.2d 1541, 1543 787 F.2d 1416, 1419-1420 791 F.2d 1489, 1494 804 F.2d 1573 805 F.2d 1542, 1550 825 F.2d 1324, 1334 844 F.2d 1506, 1510 884 F.2d 442 911 F.2d 527, 534-535 938 F.2d 216, 220 950 F.2d 1066, 1072 959 F.2d 753, 755 170 F.3d 187 211 F.3d 898, 908 632 F. Supp. 282, 283