# In the United States Court of Federal Claims

OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS

No. 13

- 827 V

Filed: August 12, 2014

Not for P ublication

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R ONNIESHA THOMAS, *

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Petitioner

, * Attorneys’ fees and costs decision b ased on

* s tipulation of f

act

v. *

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SECRETARY OF HEALTH *

AND HUMAN SERVICES, *

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Respondent. *

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Isaiah R. Kalinowski

, Washington, DC

, for petitioner.

Lara A. Englund , Washington, DC, for respondent.

MILLMAN, Special Master

DECISION AWARDING ATTORNEYS ’ FEES AND COSTS 1

On August 12 , 2014 , the parties filed a stipulation of fact in which they agreed on an

appropriate amount for attorneys’ fees and costs in this case

.

I n accordance with t he General Order #9 r equiremen t, petitioner assert s that s he did not

incur any costs in pursuit of her petition. Petitioner submitted her request for attorneys’ fees and

costs to respondent. During informal discussions, respondent ra ised objections t o certain items in

petitioner’ s app lication

. Based on these objections, petitioner amend s h er application for

1 Because this unpublished decision contains a reasoned explanation f or the special master’ s action in this

case, the special master intends to post this unpublished decision on the United States Court of Federal

Claims’ s website, in accordance with the E

- Government Act of 2002, Pub. L. No. 107

- 347, 116 Stat. 2899,

2913 (Dec. 17, 2002). Vaccine Rule 18(b) states that all decisions of the special masters will be made

available to the public unless they contain trade secrets or commercial or financial information that is

privileged and confidential, or medical or similar information whose disclosure would constitute a clearl y

unwarranted invasion of privacy. When such a decision is filed, petitioner has 14 days to identify and

move to redact such information prior to the document = s disclosure. If the special master, upon review,

agrees that the identified material fits with in the banned categories listed above, the special master shall

redact such material from public access.2

attor ne ys’ fees and costs to $ 8 ,000.00

. Respondent does not object to this amount. The

undersigned finds this amount to be reasonable. Accordingly, the court awards $ 8 ,000.00

, representing reimbursement for attorneys’ fees and costs. The award shall be in the form of a

chec k payable jointly to petitioner and Maglio, Christopher & Toale, P.A.

, in the amount of

$ 8 ,000.00

.

In the absence of a motion for review filed pursuant to RCFC Appendix B, the clerk of the

court is directed to enter judgment herewith. 2

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 12, 2014 s/ Laura D. Millman

by Nora Beth Dorsey

Laura D. Millman

Special Master

2 Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), entry of judgment can be expedited by each party , either separately or

jointly, filing a notice renouncing the right to seek review.IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS

OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS

RONNIESHA THOMAS, )

)

Petitioner, )

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v. ) No. 13

- 878 V

) Special Master Laura Millman

SECRETARY OF )

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, )

)

Respondent. )

)

STIPULATION OF FACT CONCERNING ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS

It is hereby stipulated by and between the parties, the following factual matters:

1. Isaiah Kalinowski is the attorney of record for petitioner in this matter.

2. Petitioner submitted a n informal request for a ttorneys’ f ees and c osts on August

11

, 2014

.

3. In informal discussions, respondent raised objections to certain items in

petitioner ’ s request. Based on these discussions, petitioner ha s amended h er

request for attorneys’ fees and costs in this matter to request r eimbursement for

attorneys’ fees and costs in the amount of $ 8,000.00

.

4. Pursuant to General Order #9, petitioner advanced no monies in reimbursable

costs in pursuit of h er claim.

5. The parties now request that a decision awarding final attorneys’ fees and costs,

totaling $ 8,000.00 , be issued.Respectfully submitted,

s/ ISAIAH KALINOWSKI s/ LARA A. ENGLUND

ISAIAH KALINOWSKI LARA A. ENGLUND

M AGLIO

, C HRISTOPHER & T OALE

, PA Trial Attorney

The Willard Building Torts Branch

1455 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400 Civil Division

Washington, DC 20004 U.S. Department of Justice

(941) 952

- 5242 P.O. Box 146

Benjamin Franklin Station

Wa shington, DC 20044

- 0146

(202) 307

- 3013

DATED: August 12 , 2014