VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01147
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01147
Petitioner: FREDERICK RENO
Filed: 2020-09-04
Decided: 2023-10-11
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2017-09-29
Condition: Guillain-Barré syndrome or “other demyelinating polyneuropathy which may have developed within approximately 2 days after vaccination.”
Outcome: dismissed
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
Frederick Reno alleged that the influenza vaccination he received on September 29, 2017, caused him to suffer from Guillain-Barré syndrome or another demyelinating polyneuropathy that developed within approximately two days after vaccination. He filed a petition for compensation with the Court of Federal Claims on September 4, 2020. On October 11, 2023, the parties filed a joint stipulation for dismissal, agreeing that the action should be dismissed. Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 21(a), the case was dismissed without prejudice, and judgment was not entered.

Theory of causation field:
unclear

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01147-0
Date issued/filed: 2023-10-11
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 9/15/23) regarding 87 Order Concluding Proceedings Signed by Special Master Christian J. Moran. (ceo) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:20-vv-01147-UNJ Document 88 Filed 10/11/23 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
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FREDERICK RENO, *
* No. 20-1147V
Petitioner, * Special Master Christian J. Moran
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v. *
* Filed: September 15, 2023
SECRETARY OF HEALTH *
AND HUMAN SERVICES, *
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Respondent. *
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Ramon Rodriguez, III, Sands Anderson PC, Richmond, VA, for petitioner;
Parisa Tabassian, U.S. Dep’t of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.
ORDER CONCLUDING PROCEEDINGS1
Frederick Reno alleged that the influenza vaccination he received on
September 29, 2017, caused him suffer from Guillain-Barré syndrome or “other
demyelinating polyneuropathy which may have developed within approximately 2
days after vaccination.” Pet., filed Sept. 4, 2020.
On September 15, 2023, the parties filed a joint stipulation for dismissal,
stating, “The parties hereby stipulate that pursuant to Vaccine Rule 21(a)(1)(B)
that this action shall be dismissed.” J. Stip. ¶ 2.
1 Because this Decision contains a reasoned explanation for the action taken in this case,
it must be made publicly accessible and will be posted on the United States Court of Federal
Claims' website, and/or at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/uscourts/national/cofc, in
accordance with the E-Government Act of 2002. 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2018) (Federal
Management and Promotion of Electronic Government Services). This means the Decision will
be available to anyone with access to the internet. In accordance with Vaccine Rule 18(b), the
parties have 14 days to identify and move to redact medical or other information, the disclosure
of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy. Any changes will appear in the
document posted on the website.

Case 1:20-vv-01147-UNJ Document 88 Filed 10/11/23 Page 2 of 2
Vaccine Rule 21(a)(1)(B) allows petitioners to engage in a voluntary
dismissal by filing a stipulation of dismissal that all parties have signed, which the
parties here have done.
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).
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Christian J. Moran
Christian J. Moran
Special Master
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