As ledger entries indicate that attorney received a prejudgment notification of the administrative determination of the case, local rules as to the timeliness of application for fees apply, and there is no equitable basis for tolling the limitations period.
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Since 2011. An occasional commonplacing of the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal.
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