United States Court of Federal Claims, 2022

Chaplin v. Secretary of Health and Human Services

United States Court of Federal Claims · Decided February 18, 2022 · Katherine E. Oler

Opinion

In the United States Court of Federal Claims

OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS

No. 19-1884V (not to be published) ************************* * *

JUANITA CHAPLIN, * * Special Master Katherine E. Oler *

Petitioner, * * Filed: December 30, 2021 v. * * *

SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND * Order Concluding Proceedings; HUMAN SERVICES, * Vaccine Rule 21(a). * *

Respondent * * ************************* *

Patrick Hughes, Patriots Law Group of Lyons & Hughes, P.C., Suitland, MD, for Petitioner Nancy Tinch, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent ORDER CONCLUDING PROCEEDINGS1

On December 28, 2021, pursuant to Vaccine Rule 21(a)(1)(B), the parties filed a joint stipulation stating that the above-captioned case should be dismissed. ECF No. 39.

Accordingly, pursuant to Vaccine Rule 21(a)(3), the above-captioned case is hereby dismissed without prejudice. The Clerk of the Court is hereby instructed that a judgment shall not enter in the instant case pursuant to Vaccine Rule 21(a).

Any questions regarding this Order may be directed to my law clerk, Sydney Lee, by telephone at 202-357-6347, or by email at [email protected].

IT IS SO ORDERED. s/ Katherine E. Oler Katherine E. Oler Special Master

1 Although this Decision has been formally designated “not to be published,” it will nevertheless be posted on the Court of Federal Claims’ website in accordance with the E-Government Act of 2002, 44 U.S.C. § 3501 (2012). This means the Decision will be available to anyone with access to the internet. As provided by 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-12(d)(4)(B), however, the parties may object to the decision’s inclusion of certain kinds of confidential information. Specifically, under Vaccine Rule 18(b), each party has fourteen days within which to request redaction “of any information furnished by that party: (1) that is a trade secret or commercial or financial in substance and is privileged or confidential; or (2) that includes medical files or similar files, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy.” Vaccine Rule 18(b). Otherwise, the Decision in its present form will be available. Id.

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