VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-00452
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-00452
Petitioner: ZINA SANDERS
Filed: 
Decided: 2020-04-07
Vaccine: 
Vaccination date: 
Condition: 
Outcome: dismissed
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AI-assisted case summary:
Zina Sanders filed a petition for vaccine injury compensation. The case progressed through the court system. On April 7, 2020, the parties filed a joint stipulation of voluntary dismissal. As a result, Special Master Gowen issued an order dismissing the case without prejudice, meaning no judgment would be entered. The specific reasons for the dismissal or any medical details of the alleged injury were not provided in this order.

Theory of causation field:
unclear

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_18-vv-00452-0
Date issued/filed: 2020-04-07
Pages: 1
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 3/13/2020) regarding 41 Order Concluding Proceedings. Signed by Special Master Thomas L. Gowen. (hs) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:18-vv-00452-UNJ Document 42 Filed 04/07/20 Page 1 of 1
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
Filed: March 13, 2020
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ZINA SANDERS, * UNPUBLISHED
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Petitioner, * No. 18-452V
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v. * Special Master Gowen
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SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Order Concluding Proceedings;
AND HUMAN SERVICES, * Vaccine Rule 21(a).
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Respondent. *
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Donald P. Edwards, Law Office of Donald P. Edwards, Atlanta, GA, for petitioner.
Mallori B. Openchowski, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.
ORDER CONCLUDING PROCEEDINGS1
On March 12, 2020, the parties filed a joint stipulation of voluntary dismissal pursuant to
Vaccine Rule 21(a)(1)(B). ECF No. 40.
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.