Mealey's (January 30, 2020, 10:47 AM EST) -- FORT MYERS, Fla. — A federal judge in Florida on Jan. 15 held that “it is at least plausible at this point in the litigation” that an insured’s request for attorney fees and costs may be paid from federal funds by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, denying a federal flood insurer’s request to strike the insured’s request for attorney fees and costs under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) (Martin Shapiro v. Wright National Flood Insurance Company, No.19-679, M.D. Fla., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6766)....