    In the United States Court of Federal Claims
                                 OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
                                            No. 13-140V
                                     Filed: November 17, 2014
                                         Not for Publication


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THERESA A. ROYAL,                           *
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               Petitioner,                  *      Attorneys’ fees and costs decision based on
                                            *      stipulation of fact
 v.                                         *
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SECRETARY OF HEALTH                         *
AND HUMAN SERVICES,                         *
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               Respondent.                  *
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Clifford J. Shoemaker, Vienna, VA, for petitioner.
Lara A. Englund, Washington, DC, for respondent.

MILLMAN, Special Master


                DECISION AWARDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS1

       On November 17, 2014, the parties filed a stipulation of fact in which they agreed on an
appropriate amount for attorneys’ fees and costs in this case.

        In accordance with the General Order #9 requirement, petitioner asserts that she did not
incur any costs in pursuit of her petition. Petitioner filed her application for attorneys’ fees and
costs on October 3, 2014. During informal discussions, respondent raised objections to certain
items in petitioner’s application. Based on these objections, petitioner amends her application for

1
  Because this unpublished decision contains a reasoned explanation for the special master’s action in this
case, the special master intends to post this unpublished decision on the United States Court of Federal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 clearly
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 within the banned categories listed above, the special master shall
redact such material from public access.
attorneys’ fees and costs to $39,000.00. This amount also includes final attorneys’ fees and costs
for petitioner’s co-counsel, The Law Offices of Michael Lawson Neff, P.C. Respondent does not
object to this amount. The undersigned finds this amount to be reasonable. Accordingly, the
court awards $39,000.00, representing reimbursement for attorneys’ fees and costs. The award
shall be in the form of a check payable jointly to petitioner and Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein
in the amount of $39,000.00.

        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: November 17, 2014                                                           s/ Laura D. Millman
                                                                                    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.
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