Case Information
*1 In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 16-569V Filed: May 31, 2017 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Special Master Sanders L. NICOLE MOORE, *
* Joint Stipulation of Dismissal; Vaccine Rule Petitioner, * 21(a); No Judgment; Order Concluding
* Proceedings.
v. *
* SECRETARY OF HEALTH *
AND HUMAN SERVICES, *
* Respondent. *
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Nancy Meyers, Ward Black Law, Greensboro, NC, for Petitioner.
Ann Martin, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
ORDER CONCLUDING PROCEEDINGS
[1] On January 5, 2016, L. Nicole Moore (“Petitioner”) filed a petition for compensation under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-1 to -34 (2012). [2] Petitioner alleged that the administration of an influenza vaccine on January 8, 2013 caused her to develop transverse myelitis (“TM”). Pet. at Preamble, ECF No. 2.
*2 On May 31, 2017, Petitioner and Respondent submitted a joint Stipulation of Dismissal.
Stip., ECF No. 41. Accordingly, pursuant to Vaccine Rule 21(a) 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).
IT IS SO ORDERED.
/s/Herbrina D. Sanders Herbrina D. Sanders Special Master 2
[1] This decision shall be posted on the United States Court of Federal Claims’ website, in accordance with the E-Government Act of 2002, 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2012) (Federal Management and Promotion of Electronic Government Services). In accordance with Vaccine Rule 18(b), a party has 14 days to identify and move to delete medical or other information that satisfies the criteria in § 300aa-12(d)(4)(B). Further, consistent with the rule requirement, a motion for redaction must include a proposed redacted decision. If, upon review, the undersigned agrees that the identified material fits within the requirements of that provision, such material will be deleted from public access.
[2] The Program comprises Part 2 of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99-660, 100 Stat. 3758, codified as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-10 et seq. (2012) (hereinafter “Vaccine Act” or “the Act”). Hereinafter, individual section references will be to 42 U.S.C. § 300aa of the Act.