Court Opinion

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In the United States Court of Federal Claitns

OFFICE OF SPECIAL MAS'I`ERS

(Filed: June 8, 2016) F ! L E D

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SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Vaccine Act Entitlernent; Insufficient
AND HUMAN SERVICES, * Proof of Causation; lnfluenza (Flu) Vaccine;
* Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS).
Respondent. *
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William Allen Jackson, Moreno Valley, CA, pro se.
Adriana Ruth Teitel, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent

DECISION DISMISSING PETITION

On August 24, 2015, William Allen Jackson ("petitioner") filed a petition alleging that he
suffers from Guillain Barre Syndrome ("GBS") as a result of an influenza ("flu") vaccination he
received on September 9, 2012.1 Medical‘records in support of the petition were filed on CD and

received by the Court on September 4, 2015.

The initial status conference was held on October 27, 2013. Petitioner and his daughter,
Ms. Kim Jacl35 Fed. Cl. 503 (1996);

Tsekouras v. Sec’y of Health & Human Servs., 26 Cl. Ct. 439 (1992), aff’d, 991 F.2d 819 (Fed.
Cir. 1993) (table); Vaccine Rule 2l(c); see also Claude E. Atkins Enters. Inc. v. United States,

 
889 F.2d ll80, 1183 (Fed. Cir. l990) (affirming dismissal of case for failure to prosecute for
counsel’s failure to submit pre-trial memorandum)', Adkins v. United States, 816 F.2d 1580,
1583 (Fed. Cir. 1987) (affirming dismissal of cases for failure of party to respond to discovery

requests).

Under the Vaccine Act, a petitioner may not be awarded compensation based solely on
petitioner’s claims. Rather, the petition must be supported by either medical records or by the
opinion of a competent physician § 300aa-l3(a)(1). In this case, petitioner has not filed any
medical records tending to show that his GBS was caused by the influenza vaccination, and he
has not filed the opinion of a medical expert.

 

2 Assuming that petitioner received the influenza vaccine in mid~()ctober, (or about October 15,
2012) and petitioner’s symptoms began on January 24, 2013, results in an onset period of l0l
days, which is far too long to be causally associated with the vaccine.

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'I`herefore, this case is dismissed for failure to prosecute. The Clerk SHALL
EN'I`ER JUDGMENT accordingly.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Nora Beth Dc')rsey
Chief Special Master