{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00269","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00269-0","petitioner_identifier":"Thomas Stokes","is_minor":0,"age_at_vaccination":null,"age_unit_raw":"years (no exact age in source - adult self-filed petition or competent adult)","vaccine_type":"influenza","vaccination_date":"2022-10-05","condition_raw":"autoimmune encephalopathy","condition_category":"other","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"dismissed","award_amount_usd":null,"decision_date":"2026-02-26","extraction_version":"manual-supplement-redo-2026-05-normal08","extracted_at":"2026-05-04 03:10:34","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":1,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":null,"theory_of_causation":"influenza vaccine on October 5, 2022 (exact age not stated) allegedly causing autoimmune encephalopathy. DISMISSED.  Mr. Stokes moved to dismiss because he was unable to secure an expert opinion; the dismissal decision does not provide a clinical chronology, diagnostic testing, treatment history, or expert analysis. Award/status: no vaccine-injury compensation. Special Master Thomas L. Gowen; petition filed February 14, 2025; decision February 26, 2026. Attorney: Leigh Finfer, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA. No compensable causation finding.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2025-02-14","case_summary":"On February 14, 2025, Thomas Stokes filed a petition seeking compensation under the Vaccine Program, alleging autoimmune encephalopathy after receiving influenza on October 5, 2022.\n\nHe stated that continuing would be unreasonable and would waste the resources of the Court, respondent, and the Vaccine Program.\n\nMr. Stokes moved to dismiss because he was unable to secure an expert opinion; the dismissal decision does not provide a clinical chronology, diagnostic testing, treatment history, or expert analysis.\n\nOn February 26, 2026, Special Master Thomas L. Gowen dismissed the petition, and no vaccine-injury compensation was awarded.\n\nPetitioner was represented by Leigh Finfer, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA.","is_minor_inferred":0,"is_pediatric_broad":0,"special_master":"Thomas L. Gowen","petitioner_identifier_original":null,"caption_petitioner_name":null,"petitioner_attorney_name":"Leigh Finfer","petitioner_attorney_firm":"Muller Brazil, LLP","petitioner_attorney_location":"Dresher, PA","adjudicator_name":null,"caption_people_backfilled_at":null,"attorney_canonical_keys":"|leigh-finfer|","firm_canonical_key":"muller-brazil","package_title":"STOKES v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","canonical_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00269","plain_text_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00269.txt","json_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00269.json","source_documents":[{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00269-0","title":"STOKES v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 02/26/2026) regarding 20 DECISION of Special Master Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (ppa) Service on parties made.","date_issued":"2026-04-06","pdf_url":"https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00269/granules/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00269-0/pdf","pdf_bytes":286289,"triage_decision":"keep","triage_reason":"docketText matches keep keyword 'decision of special master'","download_status":"ok","registry_pdf_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/pdf/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00269/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00269-0"}]}