Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2013-03-22 14:27:24.369938+00
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In the United States Court of Federal Claiins

OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 12-897V
Filed: February 27, 2013

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LOUISE BATTEN, * UNPUBLISHED
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* Dismissal Decision; Received
* Substances Are Not Listed on the
* Vaccine Injury Table; Failure
Petitioner, * to State A Claim Upon Which
* Relief Can Be Granted
v. *
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SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND *
HUMAN SERVICES, *
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Respondent. *
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Louise Batten, pro se petitioner
Justine Daigneault, Washington, DC, for respondent.
DISMISSAL DECISION!

On December 20, 2012, Louise Batten (petitioner) filed a petition for
compensation under the National Vaccine injury Compensation Act ("Vaccine Act").z

1 Because this decision contains a reasoned explanation for the undersigned’s action
in this case, the undersigned intends to post this decision on the United States Court of
Federal Claims’ website, in accordance with the E-Government Act of 2002, Pub. L. No.
107-347, 116 Stat. 2899, 2913 (Dec. 17, 2002). As provided by Vaccine Rule 18(b), each
party has 14 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 lS(b).
Otherwise, "the entire" decision will be available to the public. I_d.

2 The National Vaccine injury Compensation Act 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-1 to -34 (2006) ("Vaccine Act" or "Act"). All
citations in this decision to individual sections of the Act are to 42 U.S.C.A. § 300aa.