( May 20, 2025, 8:56 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Tennessee farmer filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking consideration of two questions regarding the scope of “substantially justified” conduct under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) and strict scrutiny standard applicable to race discrimination after a split Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel affirmed denial of his request for attorney fees in a case in which the farmer secured a preliminary injunction freezing a U.S. Department of Agriculture debt-relief program but then entered a stipulation of dismissal after the challenged program was repealed....