Cook v. Secretary of Health and Human Services

Opinion

In the United States Court of Federal Claims OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS Filed: April 17, 2019

* * * * * * * * * * * * * MAUREEN COOK, * UNPUBLISHED * Petitioner, * No. 18-255V * v. * Special Master Gowen * SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Order Concluding Proceedings; AND HUMAN SERVICES, * Vaccine Rule 21(a). * Respondent. * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Nancy Routh Meyers, Ward Black Law, Greensboro, NC, for petitioner. Heather Lynn Pearlman, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.

ORDER CONCLUDING PROCEEDINGS1

On April 16, 2019, the parties filed a Joint Stipulation of Dismissal in the above- captioned case. ECF No. 30. Accordingly, pursuant to Vaccine Rule 21(a), the above-captioned case is dismissed without prejudice. The Clerk of the Court is hereby instructed that judgment shall not enter in the instant case pursuant to Vaccine Rule 21(a).

IT IS SO ORDERED. s/Thomas L. Gowen Thomas L. Gowen Special Master

1 Pursuant to the E-Government Act of 2002, see 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2012), because this opinion contains a reasoned explanation for the action in this case, I am required to post it on the website of the United States Court of Federal Claims. The court’s website is at http://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/aggregator/sources/7. This means the opinion will be available to anyone with access to the Internet. Before the opinion is posted on the court’s website, each party has 14 days to file a motion requesting 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). “An objecting party must provide the court with a proposed redacted version of the decision.” Id. If neither party files a motion for redaction within 14 days, the opinion will be posted on the court’s website without any changes. Id.