Terry Louis Carter v. Veterans Administration Paul Issing, Regional Director and T.A. Verrill, Adjudication Officer

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• holding that, where the plaintiff’s 12 complaint sought only injunctive relief directing the defendant to provide the 13 documents he requested, the plaintiff’s claim became moot when the defendant 14 voluntarily mailed him copies of those documents
• noting that “attorney fee issues are ancillary to the underlying action and survive independently under the court’s equitable jurisdiction”
• considering award of costs “a different question” of “funds actually 22 expended” and allowing plaintiff to “recover all costs reasonably incurred”
• finding a request for injunctive relief moot because of an agency’s voluntary “belated compliance”
• where only relief is to compel action which has been taken, no further relief can be provided
• “Costs incurred before the case became moot are recoverable, unless the district court discretionarily determines that an award of costs would be inappropriate.”

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