{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00260","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00260-1","petitioner_identifier":"Patricia Stephens","is_minor":0,"age_at_vaccination":null,"age_unit_raw":"adult (exact age not stated in public source)","vaccine_type":"influenza","vaccination_date":"2017-10-30","condition_raw":"chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy","condition_category":"neurological","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"dismissed","award_amount_usd":null,"decision_date":"2025-09-12","extraction_version":"manual-supplement-redo-2026-05-normal38","extracted_at":"2026-05-04 21:06:08","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":1,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":null,"theory_of_causation":"Influenza vaccine, October 30, 2017, adult exact age not stated, alleged chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. DISMISSED for failure to prosecute and insufficient proof. After numerous extensions, no expert report or competent medical support established a Table injury or off-Table causation; counsel withdrew after interim fees, petitioner proceeded pro se, mail was returned, email contact failed, and petitioner did not respond to orders to show cause. Special Master Roth dismissed September 12, 2025. Award: none.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2020-03-09","case_summary":"On March 9, 2020, Patricia Stephens filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccination administered on October 30, 2017, caused chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.\n\nThe case remained unresolved for years while petitioner received multiple extensions to obtain medical records and expert support. No expert report or competent physician opinion established that Ms. Stephens suffered a Table injury or that the influenza vaccine caused CIDP off-Table. Counsel later withdrew after an interim fees award, and Ms. Stephens proceeded pro se. Court orders sent by mail were returned, email contact failed, and she did not respond to orders to show cause.\n\nOn September 12, 2025, Special Master Laura D. Millman Roth dismissed the petition for lack of prosecution and insufficient proof. No compensation was awarded.","is_minor_inferred":1,"is_pediatric_broad":0,"special_master":"Mindy Michaels Roth","petitioner_identifier_original":null,"caption_petitioner_name":null,"petitioner_attorney_name":"Emily Beth Ashe","petitioner_attorney_firm":"Anapol Weiss","petitioner_attorney_location":null,"adjudicator_name":null,"caption_people_backfilled_at":null,"attorney_canonical_keys":"|emily-ashe|","firm_canonical_key":"anapol-weiss","package_title":"STEPHENS v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","canonical_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00260","plain_text_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00260.txt","json_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00260.json","source_documents":[{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00260-0","title":"STEPHENS v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 4/23/2024) regarding 68 DECISION of Special Master - Interim Attorney's Fees. Signed by Special Master Mindy Michaels Roth. (msg) Service on parties made. (Main Document 73 replaced on 5/22/2024 to add public availability information to the pdf.) (fm). Petitioner served via First Class mail on 5/23/2024. (fm). Modified on 6/20/2024 - Petitioner served via First Class mail at the updated address on 5/23/2024. (fm).","date_issued":"2024-05-21","pdf_url":null,"pdf_bytes":null,"triage_decision":"skip","triage_reason":"fees-only decision (attorney compensation)","download_status":"skipped"},{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00260-1","title":"STEPHENS v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 9/12/2025) regarding 85 DECISION of Special Master. Signed by Special Master Mindy Michaels Roth. (nb) Service on parties made. (Main Document 88 replaced on 10/16/2025 to add the correct pdf.) (fm). (Main Document 88 replaced on 10/16/2025 to add public availability information.) (fm). Petitioner served via First Class mail at (Oxford, AL) and (Anniston, AL) on 10/16/2025. (fm).","date_issued":"2025-10-10","pdf_url":"https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00260/granules/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00260-1/pdf","pdf_bytes":277096,"triage_decision":"keep","triage_reason":"docketText matches keep keyword 'decision of special master'","download_status":"ok","registry_pdf_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/pdf/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00260/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-00260-1"}]}