TANT v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
Filed: December 16, 2025
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BRITTANY TANT *
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Petitioner, * No. 24-1255V
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v. * Special Master Gowen
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SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Order Concluding Proceedings
AND HUMAN SERVICES, *
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Respondent. *
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Jeffrey S. Pop, Jeffrey S. Pop & Associates, Beverly Hills, CA, for petitioner.
Crystal Fialkowski, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent
ORDER CONCLUDING PROCEEDINGS1
On August 15, 2024, Brittany Tant (“petitioner”) filed a claim in the National Vaccine
Injury Compensation Program.2 Petition (ECF No. 1). Petitioner alleged that as a result of
receiving the influenza (“flu”) vaccine, she developed cerebellar ataxia. Id. at Preamble.
On December 15, 2025, the parties filed a joint stipulation of dismissal stating, “The
parties hereby stipulate pursuant to Vaccine Rule 21(a) that this action shall be dismissed. Joint
Stipulation ¶ 2 (ECF No. 25).
Under Vaccine Rule 21(a), petitioner may engage in a voluntary dismissal by filing a
stipulation of dismissal which all parties have signed, which the parties in this matter have done.
Unver Vaccine Rule 21(a)(3), the result of a joint stipulation of dismissal is an Order Concluding
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 intend 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. 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 opinion. 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.
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)
(hereinafter “Vaccine Act” or “the Act”). Hereinafter, individual section references will be to 42 U.S.C. § 300aa of
the Act.
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Proceedings. No judgment will enter pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11 for the purposes of 42 U.S.C.
§ 300aa-21(a).
Thus, this case is DISMISSED. The Clerk of the Court is directed to remove this
case from the docket of the undersigned.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Thomas L. Gowen
Thomas L. Gowen
Special Master
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