VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01623
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01623
Petitioner: D. DOUGLAS RICE
Filed: 
Decided: 2022-11-01
Vaccine: 
Vaccination date: 
Condition: 
Outcome: dismissed
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AI-assisted case summary:
D. Douglas Rice filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The case progressed procedurally, and on November 1, 2022, the parties filed a joint stipulation requesting dismissal. The Special Master issued an order dismissing the case without prejudice, and no judgment was to be entered. No details regarding the vaccine, alleged injury, or specific medical facts were presented in this procedural order.

Theory of causation field:
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Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01623-0
Date issued/filed: 2022-11-01
Pages: 1
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 9/30/2022) regarding 33 Order Concluding Proceedings Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 21(a). Signed by Special Master Katherine E. Oler. (emh) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:20-vv-01623-UNJ Document 35 Filed 11/01/22 Page 1 of 1
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 20-1623V
(not to be published)
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D. DOUGLAS RICE, * Special Master Katherine E. Oler
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Petitioner,
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* Filed: September 30, 2022
v. *
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SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND *
* Order Concluding Proceedings;
HUMAN SERVICES,
* Vaccine Rule 21(a).
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Respondent. *
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James H. Cook, Dutton, Braun, et al., Waterloo, IA, for Petitioner
Alex Saxe, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent
ORDER CONCLUDING PROCEEDINGS1
On September 30, 2022, pursuant to Vaccine Rule 21(a)(1)(B), the parties filed a joint
stipulation stating that the above-captioned case should be dismissed. ECF No. 32.
Accordingly, pursuant to Vaccine Rule 21(a)(3), 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).
Any questions regarding this Order may be directed to my law clerk, Emily Hanson, by
telephone at 202-357-6351, or by email at Emily_Hanson@cfc.uscourts.gov.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/ Katherine E. Oler
Katherine E. Oler
Special Master
1 Although this Order has been formally designated “not to be published,” it will nevertheless be posted on
the Court of Federal Claims’s website in accordance with the E-Government Act of 2002, 44 U.S.C. § 3501
(2012). This means the order will be available to anyone with access to the internet. As provided by
42 U.S.C. § 300aa-12(d)(4)(B), however, the parties may object to the decision’s inclusion of certain kinds
of confidential information. Specifically, under Vaccine Rule 18(b), each party has fourteen days within
which to request 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). Otherwise, the Order in its present form will be available. Id.