Masias v. Secretary of Health and Human Services

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• holding that the special master did not err in awarding attorneys’ fees to Mr. Robert Moxley at the local Cheyenne, Wyoming, rate
• stating that the special 5 master did not err in determining that the Vaccine Program was not complex litigation
• stating that the Court of Federal Claims can remove special mas- ters for “incompetency, misconduct, or neglect of duty or for physical or mental disability or for other good cause shown”
• explaining that, under Avera, “one market rate, the forum rate, should generally apply for attorneys’ fees[,] but . . . in certain circumstances, another market rate, the locality rate, should apply”
• stating that the Court of Federal Claims can remove special masters for “incompe- tency, misconduct, or neglect of duty or for physical or men- tal disability or for other good cause shown”
• accepting as reasonable the special master’s determination that a $220 and $350 forum rate results in a 59% differential

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