In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 16-1649V
Filed: February 5, 2019
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DORIS HANDLER, *
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Petitioner, *
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v. * Special Master Roth
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SECRETARY OF HEALTH *
AND HUMAN SERVICES, *
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Respondent. *
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Stephanie A. Schmitt, Esq., Krueger & Hernandez, SC, Middleton, WI, for petitioner.
Julia M. Collison, Esq., US Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.
ORDER CONCLUDING PROCEEDINGS1
Roth, Special Master:
On February 5, 2019, the parties filed a Joint Stipulation of Dismissal in the above-
captioned case. ECF No. 43. Accordingly, pursuant to Vaccine Rule 21(a), the above-captioned
case is hereby dismissed without prejudice. The Clerk of Court is hereby instructed that a
judgment shall not enter in the instant case pursuant to Vaccine Rule 21(a).
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/ Mindy Michaels Roth
Mindy Michaels Roth
Special Master
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Although this Decision has been formally designated “unpublished,” it will nevertheless be posted on the Court of
Federal Claims’s website, in accordance with the E-Government Act of 2002, Pub. L. No. 107-347, 116 Stat. 2899,
2913 (codified as amended at 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2006)). This means the Decision will be available to anyone
with access to the internet. However, the parties may object to the Decision’s inclusion of certain kinds of
confidential information. Specifically, under Vaccine Rule 18(b), each party has fourteen days within which to
request 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). Otherwise, the whole Decision
will be available to the public. Id.