In Re Sealed Case 00-5116

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• declining to enhance the statutory rate because plaintiffs hired attorneys who had experience in federal litigation
• refusing to deem federal election law, experience in federal litigation, and familiarity with relevant administrative record as “special factors” under EAJA
• “Although federal election law involves a complex statutory and regulatory framework, the field is not beyond the grasp of a competent practicing attorney with access to a law library and the other accoutrements of modern legal practice.”
• “Although federal election law involves a complex statutory and regulatory framework, the field is not beyond the grasp of a competent practicing attorney with access to a law library and the other accoutrements of modern legal practice.” (internal quotations omitted)
• finding expertise in federal election law did not warrant departure
• finding expertise in federal election law did not warrant departure

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