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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-01044
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-01044
Petitioner: PATRICIA WATKINS
Filed: 2021-04-27
Decided: 2023-05-30
Vaccine: 
Vaccination date: 
Condition: 
Outcome: dismissed
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
Patricia Watkins filed a petition on April 27, 2021, against the Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding a vaccine injury claim. The specific vaccine, alleged injury, and medical facts were not detailed in this order. On March 23, 2023, both parties filed a Joint Stipulation of Dismissal. As a result, Chief Special Master Corcoran issued an order on May 30, 2023, dismissing the case without prejudice, meaning no judgment would be entered. The case was dismissed based on the parties' agreement.

Theory of causation field:
unclear

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-01044-0
Date issued/filed: 2023-05-30
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 04/27/2023) regarding 28 Order Concluding Proceedings, Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (nh) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:21-vv-01044-UNJ Document 29 Filed 05/30/23 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 21-1044V
UNPUBLISHED
PATRICIA WATKINS, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: April 27, 2023
v.
Special Processing Unit (SPU);
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND Vaccine Rule 21(a); Order
HUMAN SERVICES, Concluding Proceedings
Respondent.
Sean Frank Greenwood, The Greenwood Law Firm, Houston, TX, for Petitioner.
Sarah Black Rifkin, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
ORDER CONCLUDING PROCEEDINGS1
On March 23, 2023, the parties in this matter filed a Joint Stipulation of Dismissal
in the above-captioned case.
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.
1 Because this unpublished order contains a reasoned explanation for the action taken in this case, it must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 unpublished order 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, I agree that the identified material fits within this definition, I will redact such material from
public access.

Case 1:21-vv-01044-UNJ Document 29 Filed 05/30/23 Page 2 of 2
s/Brian H. Corcoran
Brian H. Corcoran
Chief Special Master