Can the federal government defend its failure to provide a substantially justified defense of its position in this litigation?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Degowin v. Berryhill, No. 2:14-cv-2463 KJM DB (E.D. Cal. 2018):

defense of that failure in this litigation was substantially justified because "[t]he government's position must be substantially justified at each stage of the proceedings." Meier v. Colvin, 727 F.3d 867, 872 (9th Cir. 2013) (quoting Shafer v. Astrue, 518 F.3d 1067, 1071 (9th Cir. 2008)).

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