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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-02140
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-02140
Petitioner: C.B.
Filed: 2023-12-18
Decided: 2024-10-18
Vaccine: HPV
Vaccination date: 2021-01-25
Condition: localized scleroderma
Outcome: dismissed
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
Danielle Bailey, as the natural guardian of her minor daughter C.B., filed a petition alleging that C.B. developed localized scleroderma as a result of an HPV vaccination received on January 25, 2021. The petition was filed on December 18, 2023. Because a decision had not been issued within the statutory 240-day period, a notice was issued advising the petitioner of her options. On September 12, 2024, Petitioner elected to withdraw the petition. The court granted the withdrawal, concluding the proceedings. No judgment on the merits was entered.

Theory of causation field:
unclear

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-02140-0
Date issued/filed: 2024-10-18
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER (Originally filed: 09/17/2024) regarding 23 Order Concluding Proceedings. Signed by Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey. (aevw) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:23-vv-02140-UNJ Document 24 Filed 10/18/24 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
Filed: September 17, 2024
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DANIELLE BAILEY, as natural guardian *
and legal representative of her minor *
daughter, C.B., *
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Petitioner, * No. 23-2140V
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v. * Special Master Dorsey
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SECRETARY OF HEALTH *
AND HUMAN SERVICES, * Order Concluding Proceedings; Withdrawal
* of Petition.
Respondent. *
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ORDER CONCLUDING PROCEEDINGS1
On December 18, 2023, Danielle Bailey (“Petitioner”), on behalf of her minor daughter,
C.B., filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation
Program (“Vaccine Act” or “the Program”), 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-10 et seq. (2012).2 Petitioner
alleged that C.B. developed a localized scleroderma as a result of the human papillomavirus 9-
valent (“HPV”) vaccination on January 25, 2021. Petition at Preamble (ECF No. 1).
Because a decision had not been issued within the statutory 240-day period, a notice was
1 The undersigned intends to post this Order on the United States Court of Federal Claims’
website. This means the 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, the undersigned agrees that the identified material fits within this
definition, the undersigned will redact such material from public access. Because this Order
contains a reasoned explanation for the action in this case, undersigned is required to post it on
the United States Court of Federal Claims’ website in accordance with the E-Government Act of
2002. 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2012) (Federal Management and Promotion of Electronic
Government Services).
2 The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program is set forth in Part 2 of the National
Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99-660, 100 Stat. 3755, codified as amended,
42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-10 to -34 (2012). All citations in this Order to individual sections of the
Vaccine Act are to 42 U.S.C. § 300aa.
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Case 1:23-vv-02140-UNJ Document 24 Filed 10/18/24 Page 2 of 2
issued advising “that the petitioner may withdraw the petition under section 300aa-21(b) of this
title or the petitioner may choose under section 300aa-21(b) of this title to have the petition
remain before the special master.” Formal Notice dated Aug. 15, 2024 (ECF No. 20) (quoting 42
U.S.C. § 300aa-12(g)). On September 12, 2024, Petitioner timely filed a notice of intent to
withdraw the petition pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-21(b).
In light of Petitioner’s election to withdraw the petition pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-
21(b) (promulgated as Vaccine Rule 10(d)), Petitioner’s request to withdraw the petition is
GRANTED. Accordingly, this Order hereby notifies the Clerk of Court that proceedings on
the merits of this petition are now concluded, but no judgment on the merits should be
entered by the Clerk’s Office.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Nora Beth Dorsey
Nora Beth Dorsey
Special Master
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