It'd be interesting to have a more detailed summary to understand why the government side thinks it's most reasonable to "sneak out" of deciding this on the fac

It'd be interesting to have a more detailed summary to understand why the government side thinks it's most reasonable to "sneak out" of deciding this on the facts by citing a waivable rule on deadlines, especially when there were 2+5 years of delays not at all caused by the "victim" in the situation. > I mean -- and -- and -- and, gosh, I mean, waiting seven years to rule on this fellow's claim and then sending it --him an email and to an old email address and he acted as fast as he could, I mean, it's not wholly inconceivable the government might, in its magnanimity, choose to waive this defect? It just seems like there's got to be more to it than so many individuals failing so radically, or the incentives to "do the wrong thing" (the inequitable thing) have to be insane.