Opinion ID: 62942
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Claim for Additional Interest

Text: Even though this matter has needlessly spanned close to twenty years because of the DHHS's repeated misrepresentations that there was evidence supporting its methodology for calculating travel allowances, we cannot resolve it at this preliminary juncture because the parties have not yet presented their case on the merits to the district court. Therefore, we remand to the district court to consider whether the additional interest sought is owed. If, in the end, the district court is persuaded to find in favor of the Appellants and to award them interest from the date of the initial ALJ decision of January 31, 1992, the government should carefully consider the situation before filing an appeal and thereby needlessly perpetuating this dispute that has already been prolonged by the government's unwarranted actions, keeping in mind Rule 38 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. [20]