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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-01250
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-01250
Petitioner: Teresa Garcia
Filed: 2020-05-18
Decided: 2020-06-24
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Vaccination date: 
Condition: 
Outcome: dismissed
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AI-assisted case summary:
Teresa Garcia filed a petition for vaccine injury compensation on May 18, 2020. The case proceeded through the initial stages, but the statutory 240-day period for the special master to issue a decision expired. Following this notice, on May 6, 2020, Ms. Garcia filed a Notice to Withdraw Petition. As a result, the Chief Special Master issued an order concluding the proceedings without a judgment on the merits, effectively dismissing the case due to withdrawal.

Theory of causation field:
unclear

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv-01250-0
Date issued/filed: 2020-06-24
Pages: 1
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 05/18/2020) regarding 16 Order Concluding Proceedings Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (sw) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:19-vv-01250-UNJ Document 17 Filed 06/24/20 Page 1 of 1
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 19-1250V
UNPUBLISHED
TERESA GARCIA,
Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner,
Filed: May 18, 2020
v.
Special Processing Unit
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
(SPU);42 U.S.C. § 300aa-
HUMAN SERVICES,
21(b); Vaccine Rule 10(d);
Order Concluding Proceedings
Respondent.
Kristy Marie Arevalo, Welebir & McCune, Redlands, CA, for Petitioner.
Debra A. Filteau Begley, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
ORDER CONCLUDING PROCEEDINGS1
On April 20, 2020, I issued formal notice that the statutory 240-day period for the
special master’s issuance of a decision in the above-captioned case had expired. ECF
No. 14. In response to this notice, on May 6, 2020, Petitioner filed a Notice to Withdraw
Petition, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-21(b). ECF No. 15.
Accordingly, this Order hereby notifies the Clerk of this Court that proceedings on
the merits of this petition are now concluded, but no judgment on the merits should enter.
See Hamilton v. Sec’y of Health & Human Servs., No. 02-838V, 2003 WL 23218074 (Fed.
Cl. Spec. Mstr. November 26, 2003); Vaccine Rule 10(d).
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Brian H. Corcoran
Brian H. Corcoran
Chief Special Master
1 The undersigned intends to post this unpublished order 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). This means the ruling will be
available to anyone with access to the internet. 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.