Federal Circuit· 12/9/2013

Sneed v. Shinseki

Citations

737 F.3d 719
2013 WL 6403080
2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 24399

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holding “the Veterans Court improperly treated the listed examples—including reliance on the incorrect statement of a VA official—as the exclusive ‘parameters’ of equitable tolling”
noting that “courts acting in equity have emphasized ‘the need for flexibility’ and ‘for avoiding mechanical rules,’ and have proceeded on a ‘case-by-case basis’”
holding “the Veterans Court improperly treated the listed examples — including reliance on the incorrect statement of a VA official— as the exclusive ‘parameters’ of equitable tolling”
noting that equitable tolling is not \'limited to a small and closed set of factual patterns'\ (quoting Mapu v. Nicholson, 297 F.3d 1375, 1380 (Fed. Cir. 2005))
noting that equitable tolling is not \'limited to a small and closed set of factual patterns'\ (quoting Mapu v. Nicholson, 397 F.3d 1375, 1380 (Fed. Cir. 2005))
holding that attorney abandonment may justify equitable tolling

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Judges: Newman, Prost, Wallach

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