Case Name: AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO, LOCAL 3882, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY, Respondent, United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons, Intervenor; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, BUREAU of PRISONS, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY, Respondent, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, Local 3882, Intervenor
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1992-03-31
Citations: 962 F.2d 1053
Docket Number: Nos. 88-1375, 88-1491
Parties: AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO, LOCAL 3882, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY, Respondent, United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons, Intervenor. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, BUREAU of PRISONS, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY, Respondent, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, Local 3882, Intervenor.
Judges: Before: EDWARDS and SENTELLE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 962
Pages: 1053–1055

Head Matter:
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO, LOCAL 3882, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY, Respondent, United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons, Intervenor. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, BUREAU of PRISONS, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY, Respondent, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, Local 3882, Intervenor.
Nos. 88-1375, 88-1491.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
March 31, 1992.
As Amended April 14, 1992.
Before: EDWARDS and SENTELLE, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Order for the Court filed
PER CURIAM.
ORDER
The American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, Local 3882 (AFGE) filed its motion for attorney fees on September 30, 1991. The motion was supplemented on January 21, 1992. Respondents thereafter submitted separate oppositions. AFGE's motion requests attorney fees for os roles as petitioner in No. 88-1375 and as intervenor in No. 88-1491, pursuant to either the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412 (1988), or the Back Pay Act (BPA), 5 U.S.C. § 5596(b) (1988). Upon consideration of the foregoing it is
Ordered, by the Court, that the claim pursuant to EAJA is denied. It is
Further Ordered, by the Court, that the claim for fees, under either statute, arising from AFGE's participation as intervenor is denied. It is
Further Ordered, by the Court, that the issue of the availability of fees under BPA is hereby referred to a regularly constituted merits panel of the court for decision after full briefing and argument.
A future order will schedule briefing and argument.
MEMORANDUM
Separate statement by Circuit Judge Edwards accompanies this Order.