Legal Opinion
Gonzalez v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided September 29, 1999No. 97-526CPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MARGOLIS, Judge.
This military pay case is currently before the court on plaintiffs motion for attorney fees and expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA” or the “Act”), 28 U.S.C. 2412(b), (d). The government argues that plaintiff is not entitled to an award of attorney fees and expenses because (1) plaintiff filed his EAJA petition prematurely, (2) plaintiff failed to adequately support his claimed fees and expenses with contemporaneous billing records, and (3) the government’s position in the underlying litigation was substantially justified. After carefully considering…
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