Statutory Interpretation WEAJA Fee Award.

Byline: Derek Hawkins

WI Court of Appeals District I

Case Name: M. Samir Siddique v. Board of Regents University of Wisconsin System, et al.

Case No.: 2017AP1443

Officials: Kessler, P.J., Brennan and Dugan, JJ.

Focus: Statutory Interpretation WEAJA Fee Award

Samir Siddique appeals an order denying his motion for costs and attorney fees under the Wisconsin Equal Access to Justice Act (WEAJA), WIS. STAT. 814.245 (2015-16).

This case arises from Siddique's conduct in the wake of a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) student government election in 2013 and sanctions that were imposed upon him for that conduct. Siddique appealed the imposition of the sanctions and when his appeals were denied, he commenced this action against the Board of Regents University Wisconsin System (the Board) and individuals associated with UWM in the Milwaukee County Circuit Court alleging three causes of action: (1) judicial review of the administrative decision imposing the sanctions; (2) civil rights violations; and (3) public records violations. While the action was...