Blute v. Secretary of Health and Human Services

In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
Filed: February 12, 2020
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JAMES BLUTE, * UNPUBLISHED
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Petitioner, * No. 17-1381V
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v. * Special Master Gowen
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SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Order Concluding Proceedings;
AND HUMAN SERVICES, * Vaccine Rule 21(a).
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Respondent. *
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Isaiah R. Kalinowski, Maglio Christopher & Toale PA, Washington, DC for petitioner.
Debra A. Filteau Begley, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.
ORDER CONCLUDING PROCEEDINGS1
On February 11, 2020, the parties filed a joint stipulation of voluntary dismissal pursuant
to Vaccine Rule 21(a)(1)(B). ECF No. 50.
Accordingly, pursuant to Vaccine Rule 21(a), the above-captioned case is dismissed
without prejudice. The Clerk of the Court is hereby instructed that judgment shall not enter
in the instant case pursuant to Vaccine Rule 21(a).
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Thomas L. Gowen
Thomas L. Gowen
Special Master
1
Pursuant to the E-Government Act of 2002, see 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2012), because this opinion contains a
reasoned explanation for the action in this case, I am required to post it on the website of the United States Court of
Federal Claims. The court’s website is at http://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/aggregator/sources/7. This means the
opinion will be available to anyone with access to the Internet. Before the opinion is posted on the court’s
website, each party has 14 days to file a motion requesting 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). “An objecting party must provide the court with a proposed redacted version of the
decision.” Id. If neither party files a motion for redaction within 14 days, the opinion will be posted on the
court’s website without any changes. Id.