VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00481
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00481
Petitioner: THERESA HIBBS
Filed: 2016-07-01
Decided: 2016-08-19
Vaccine: 
Vaccination date: 
Condition: 
Outcome: dismissed
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AI-assisted case summary:
Theresa Hibbs filed a petition against the Secretary of Health and Human Services on July 1, 2016. The case was assigned to Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey. On June 30, 2016, Ms. Hibbs filed a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal. Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 21(a), the case was dismissed without prejudice. The Clerk of Court was instructed not to enter a judgment. The order was to be sent to petitioner's counsel. The court noted that the dismissal notice was not signed by counsel as required by Rule 14(b)(3), but accepted it for filing due to a signed cover letter evidencing counsel's intent.

Theory of causation field:
unclear

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_16-vv-00481-0
Date issued/filed: 2016-08-19
Pages: 1
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 07/01/2016) regarding 10 Order Concluding Proceedings (Signed by Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey.)(mpj) Copy to parties.
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Case 1:16-vv-00481-UNJ Document 11 Filed 08/19/16 Page 1 of 1
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 16-481V
Filed: July 1, 2016
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THERESA HIBBS, *
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Petitioner, *
v. *
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SECRETARY OF HEALTH *
AND HUMAN SERVICES, *
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Respondent. *
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ORDER CONCLUDING PROCEEDINGS1
Dorsey, Chief Special Master:
On June 30, 2016, the petitioner filed a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal in the
above-captioned case.2
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).
The Clerk of Court shall send a copy of the Instant Order to petitioner’s
counsel by regular and certified U.S. Mail.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Nora Beth Dorsey
Nora Beth Dorsey
Chief Special Master
1 Because this unpublished Order contains a reasoned explanation for the action in this case, the
undersigned intends to post it 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), petitioner has 14 days to
identify and move to redact medical or other information, the disclosure of which would constitute an
unwarranted invasion of privacy. If, upon review, the undersigned agrees that the identified material fits
within this definition, the undersigned will redact such material from public access.
2 The undersigned notes that petitioner’s Notice of Voluntary Dismissal was not signed by the attorney of
record as required by Vaccine Rule 14(b)(3), however a cover letter to the Office of the Clerk was
received with the Notice of Voluntary Dismissal which was signed and evidences petitioner’s counsel’s
intent to file the Notice. Accordingly, petitioner’s Notice of Dismissal is accepted for filing by leave of the
undersigned.