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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-01963
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-01963
Petitioner: MEGAN SHIPMAN
Filed: 2021-07-25
Decided: 2024-07-26
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Vaccination date: 
Condition: 
Outcome: dismissed
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AI-assisted case summary:
Megan Shipman filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on July 25, 2021. The case progressed with Respondent filing a Rule 4 Report on February 23, 2023. Subsequently, Petitioner filed a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal. However, because Respondent had already filed a Rule 4 Report, Petitioner could not procedurally voluntarily dismiss the case. The Office of Special Master Staff Attorney advised Petitioner's counsel on alternative ways to exit the Vaccine Program. On July 23, 2024, Respondent filed a Joint Stipulation of Dismissal. The Chief Special Master ordered the case dismissed without prejudice, with judgment not to be entered. Petitioner's Notice of Voluntary Dismissal was stricken from the record.

Theory of causation field:
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Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-01963-0
Date issued/filed: 2024-08-26
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 07/25/2024) regarding 35 Order Concluding Proceedings, Order Striking Document. Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (tlf) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:21-vv-01963-UNJ Document 36 Filed 08/26/24 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 21-1963V
MEGAN SHIPMAN, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: July 25, 2024
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Robert H. Pedroli, Jr., Pedroli & Gauthier, LLC, Clayton, MO, for Petitioner.
Voris Edward Johnson, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
ORDER CONCLUDING PROCEEDINGS1
On July 23, 2024, the Respondent filed a Joint Stipulation of Dismissal in the
above-captioned case. ECF No. 34.
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).
In addition, and before the aforementioned Joint Stipulation was filed, Petitioner
filed a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal. However, because Respondent had already filed a
Rule 4 Report in this claim on February 23, 2023, Petitioner could not procedurally
1 Because this Order Concluding Proceedings 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 Order Concluding Proceedings 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-01963-UNJ Document 36 Filed 08/26/24 Page 2 of 2
voluntarily dismiss the case. Vaccine Rule 21(a)(1)(A).2 Accordingly, Petitioner’s Notice
of Voluntary Dismissal, ECF No. 33, is hereby stricken from the record.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Brian H. Corcoran
Brian H. Corcoran
Chief Special Master
2 On July 17, 2024, the OSM Staff Attorney procedurally managing this SPU claim, engaged in an informal
email communication with Petitioner’s counsel (copying Respondent’s counsel) to advise Petitioner’s Notice
of Voluntary Dismissal was improper, and provided information on alternative ways to exit the Vaccine
Program.