I do not understand why r u waiting for 9 month and did not do anything about your EAD card. It is purely your responsibility to have it valid. If you check INS website (at least San Francisco office), then it says that if you did not receive your renewed EAD card 90 days after the submition (or your expiration day of the current one), then you go directly to INS and they will issue u on the spot a new one.
This is what happened to me, I was waiting for 90 days, nothing came, on the day 88, I made an appointment through InfoPass and put the reason of my appointment expired EAD card. I received my new one 1 day later, exactly on the 90th day.
I did, But they told me that my case is under security check and won't issue me one!