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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT  
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS  
  
 
PUBLIC HEALTH AND MEDICAL 
PROFESSIONALS FOR TRANSPARENCY,  
 
and 
 PATRICK AND STEPHANIE DE GARAY,  
 
        Plaintiffs,  
  
-against-  
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION,  
 
      Defendant.   
 
 
Civil Action No. 4:22- cv-915-P 
 
      
 
  
BRIEF  IN SUPPORT OF TIMELY PRODUCTION SCHEDUL E Case 4:22-cv-00915-P   Document 24   Filed 03/08/23    Page 1 of 26   PageID 197
ii TABLE OF CONTENTS  
 
INTRODUCTION  .......................................................................................................................... 1  
FACTS  ............................................................................................................................................ 5  
I. PLAINTIFFS PHMPT AND THE DE GARAYS  .............................................................. 5 
II. FDA LICENSURE OF MODERNA AND PFIZER 12 -15 COVID- 19 VACCINE  .......... 8  
III. SERIOUS PUBLIC CONCERNS RAISED REGARDING THE FDA’S DECISION  ..... 9  
IV. THE FOIA REQUESTS  ................................................................................................... 17  
ARGUMENT  ................................................................................................................................ 20  
CONCLUSION  ............................................................................................................................. 23  
 
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iii TABLE OF AUTHORITIES  
 
Statutes  
21 C.F.R. § 601.2 .......................................................................................................................... 21 
21 C.F.R. § 601.51 ................................................................................................................. passim  
21 U.S.C. § 393 ............................................................................................................................. 20 
5 U.S.C. § 552 ............................................................................................................... 8, 17, 18, 19  
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1 INTRODUCTION  
Plaintiffs , PHMPT and Patrick and Stephanie de Garay, respectfully come before this Court 
to seek a production schedule for the documents submitted by Pfizer to the FDA to license its 
Covid- 19 vaccine for 12 - to 15 -year-old children  (“Pfizer 12 -15 data”)  and for the documents 
submitted by Moderna to the Food and Drug Administration (“ FDA”)  to license its Covid -19 
vaccine for adults  (“Moderna data ”).   
PHMPT 1 Related Proceeding  
The Court dealt with a similar request seeking the documents the FDA relied up on to 
license Pfizer’s Covid- 19 vaccine for those 16 and older (“Pfizer 16+ data”)  in a related action , 
PHMPT v. FDA ( 4:21- cv-01058-P ) (“PHMPT 1 ”). After extensive briefing and oral argument,  
and patiently list ening  to both sides,  the Court  reasoned that the FDA must produce the expected 
450,000 pages at the rate of 55,000 pages per month starting on or before March 1, 2022. ( PHMPT 
1, ECF 35.) The FDA desired to move out the start date , and the parties agreed , in relevant part,  
on the following schedule, again expecting that production of the approximately 450,000 pages 
would be completed in 2022: “The FDA will produce 80,000 pages on or before May 2, June 1, 
and July 1, 2022; 70,000 pages on or before August 1, 2022; and then 55,000 pages on or befor e 
the first business day of each  month thereafter. ” (PHMPT 1, ECF 56.)   
 Current Requests and Exigent Need for Same As with the Pfizer 16+ data, PHMPT also wants to make public the Moderna data and  the 
Pfizer 12 -15 data. There is an acute need for the Pfizer 12 -15 data to be made public because the 
other P laintiff s in this action, the de Garays, have a daughter who was just one of 1,131 children 
who received the vaccine in the clinical trial for Pfizer’s Covid -19 vaccine for this age group . 
Directly after he r second shot , she was rushed to the emergency room and eventually ended up in Case 4:22-cv-00915-P   Document 24   Filed 03/08/23    Page 4 of 26   PageID 200
2 a wheelchair  with a feeding tube, which remains her current condition . Despite her serious and 
ongoing adverse reaction, Pfizer reported her serious harm to the FDA as mere “functional 
abdominal pain.”  The unde rsigned sent the FDA the child’s medical records and repeatedly tried 
to notify it about this misrepresentation, including in  three additional letters . When the FDA  finally 
responded 128 days later , on February 26, 2022, it merely suggested that the de Garays file a 
VAERS report  (which, of course, they had already done) . In addition to this very specific and 
serious safety issue, t here are also clear efficacy issues with this product that independent  scientist s 
need to review.  
The Moderna  trial has similar issues concerning the safety and efficacy of the product that 
independent scientists need to be able to review . As detailed below, these include serious efficacy 
issues such that recent studies, including a 50,000 person Cleveland Clinic study, have found that 
those receiving this vaccine are, in fact, more likely to have Covid- 19 than those that do not receive 
this vaccine; and that the more doses  received, the more likely one is to have Covid- 19. 
In PHMPT 1, Plaintiff’s members have been chomping at the bit to get the full production 
because, as repeatedly explained in that action, until they have all the documents , they cannot 
conduct a proper analysis.  For example, there appear to be 20 deaths among those getting the 
Covid- 19 vaccine and 14 among those getting the placebo, but an analysis of this data cannot be 
properly performed until all the documents in PHMPT 1 are produced. There were also 3,410 total 
cases of “suspected but unconfirmed Covid -19” in Pfizer’s trial which were not counted as part of 
the efficacy results because Pfizer decided to exclude them. Knowing the exact number of such individuals , and how many were in the placebo and how many in the vaccine group, is critical for 
an accurate calculati on of the actual efficacy of Pfizer’s C ovid- 19 vaccine in its clinical trial for Case 4:22-cv-00915-P   Document 24   Filed 03/08/23    Page 5 of 26   PageID 201
3 those 16 and older. None of this , like many other analyses, can be performed until all the data is 
produced.  
Given these exigencies  and seeing firsthand  just how critical having all  the data is, 
Plaintiffs sought expedited processing for the Pfizer 12 -15 data and the Moderna data . The FDA 
denied this request and denied their appeal of the denial . This action ther efore ensued.  
In an effort to comport with the guidance from the Court in PHMPT 1, Plaintiffs’  
complaint, filed on October 11, 2022 , requested that the FDA be required to continue producing,  
at the rate of 55,000 pages per month, the documents requested herein upon completi on of the 
production in PHMPT 1, which at that time PHMPT expected to occur in 2022. What Plaintiff s 
did not realize is that PHMPT was misled into believing there were only around 450,000 pages to 
produce in PHMPT 1. It is now clear that was not the case because the FDA  has already produced 
765,479 pages , and there is, apparently, no end in sight .   
Reflecting the likely volume  of the responsive documents to be produced in PHMPT 1 , the 
FDA has  now advised Plaintiffs that there are around 4 million pages submitted by Moderna to 
license its product  (in addition to other responsive documents in the product file) . PHMPT has 
written a letter to the FDA in PHMPT 1 advising that it believes the FDA was  not candid with the 
plaintiff or the Court in that matter. The FDA ’s only substantive  response to date has been that the  
“FDA is working diligently to make those estimates [estimated remaining page count] as precisely as possible”  and will not provide even a  ballpark estimate on when completion of production in 
PHMPT 1 will occur, despite numerous requests.  
Requested Production Schedule  
Given the foregoing,  Plaintiffs respectfully  seek a production schedule in this matter 
independent of the production schedu le in PHMPT 1. In that matter, the FDA claimed its resources , Case 4:22-cv-00915-P   Document 24   Filed 03/08/23    Page 6 of 26   PageID 202
4 despite billions of dollars in taxpayer funds, limited it to produc ing at the rate of 500 pages per 
month. The Court , however, explained that “excessive delay by the agency in its response is often 
tantamount to denial”  and that a “production rate  [of 55,000 pages per month] … appropriately 
balances the need for unprecedented urgency in processing this request with the FDA’s concerns 
regarding the burdens of production.”  
This appropriate balancing presumably assumed there were approximately 450,000 pages 
which would have resulted in the completion of the production in 2022 . This careful balancing 
was, however, based on the misleading understanding there were around 450,000 page s. It is 
therefore respectfully submitted that the FDA should not be permitted to now seek to delay 
production of the Pfizer 12- 15 data and the Moderna data in order to complete production of the 
Pfizer 16+ data.  
It is also clear the FDA can  produce far more than 55,000 per month, having produced in 
PHMPT 1 : 
• 90,702 pages in May 2022,  
• 90,640 pages in June 2022,  
• 90,877 pages in July 2022,  
• 88,656 pages in August  2022, and 
• 88,142 pages in September  2022.  
 
Until this month, the FDA ha d continued to produce a minimum of  55,000 pages per month, and 
the same types of documents have been produced during the months  when  approximately  90,000 
pages were produced and months when 55,000 pages have been produced. This reflects that the 
FDA can produce at least 35,000 additional pages per month and, respectfully , likely hundreds of 
thousands of more pages per month if the FDA applied just .001% of the taxpayer dollars it 
receives.  Case 4:22-cv-00915-P   Document 24   Filed 03/08/23    Page 7 of 26   PageID 203
5  FDA has advised that the Pfizer 12 -15 data is 497,289 pages in the Biologic License 
Application ( not counting other responsive documents within the product file) . Assuming this 
number is accurate, it would take approximately 9 months to produce at the rate  of 55,000 pages  
per month. Plaintiffs respectfully request that the FDA be ordered to produce all of the Pfizer 12 -
15 data at the rate of at  least 55,000 pages per month, with the final production of any remaining 
documents to occur on October 15, 2023.  
 Again  seeking to remain within the range of t he Court’s prior guidance, Plaintiffs also 
request that , at minimum,  the FDA be required to produce all of the Moderna data within 18 
months of completion of the Pfizer 12 -15 data at the rate of at least 55,000 pages per  month with 
the final production of any remaining documents to occur on April 15, 2025. The Plaintiffs , 
however, respectfully submit that a shorter production schedule would be more appropriate, 
especially considering that the Moderna Covid- 19 vaccine was designed, developed, 
manufactured, and purchased using taxpayer funds, but make the foregoing production schedule 
proposal in an attempt to remain in  accord with the Court’s prior guidance. 
FACTS  
I. PLAINTIFFS PHMPT AND THE DE GARAYS  
PHMPT has approximately 5,865 members, mostly comprised of medical and public health 
professionals, including professors and researchers in medical -related disciplines from Yale 
School of Public  Health, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, University of Maryland School 
of Pharmacy, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Oregon Health & Science University, U C San Francisco, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of Case 4:22-cv-00915-P   Document 24   Filed 03/08/23    Page 8 of 26   PageID 204
6 Leicest er, University of Southern Denmark, University of Sydney, University of Oxford, 
University of Toronto, and University of Auckland, as well as other universities and journalists.1  
Patrick and Stephanie de Garay are the parents of now 14- year-old M.D., who has suffered 
and continues to suffer severe adverse events following vaccination in Pfizer’s clinical trial for 12 - 
to 15- year-olds.  M.D. was one of only 1,131 participants in Pfizer’s clinical trials for the 12 to 15 -
year-olds who received a Covid-19 vaccine.2 Within 24 hours of receiving the second dose of the 
vaccine during the clinical trial  on January 20, 2021, M.D. , at 12 years old, experienced a serious 
adverse reaction to the vaccine, including severe pain throughout her body and the feeling that her 
“heart was being ripped out through her neck,” and she presented to the emergency room.3 M.D. 
was subsequently admitted to the hospi tal and later discharged with the diagnosis that her 
symptoms resulted from  an adverse reaction to the vaccine.4 M.D.’s health continued to rapidly 
decline and, despite the de Garays’ thorough documentation, reporting, and outreach regarding 
their daughter’s sudden onset symptoms – which ultimately necessitated her continued use of a 
feeding tube and wheelchair – the de Garays received no attention from Pfizer or the FDA.5 In 
Pfizer’s data presented to the FDA in its application for an EUA, M.D.’s severe,  systemic, and 
ongoing adverse reaction to the Pfizer 12 -15 vaccine was categorized as “functional abdominal 
pain.”6 FDA granted emergency use authorization of Pfizer’s vaccine for 12 to 15- year-olds on 
May 10, 2021.  
 
1 See https://phmpt.org/ .  
2  See https://www.fda.gov/news -events/press -announcements/cor onavirus -covid- 19-update -fda-authorizes -pfizer -
biontech -covid- 19-vaccine -emergency -use; s ee also Patrick de Garay’s Declaration ( Exhibit 7 at pages 9 -10.)  
3 https://thehighwire.com/videos/rigged -maddies -story/  (see video at 6:44 -8:20) . 
4 Id.  See also https://www.sirillp.com/wp -content/uploads /2021/10/1 -21-2021- My-Health -Summary -pgs-1027 -to-
1034_Redacted- b3f4451617070003bed8aaff8a47d98a.pdf . 
5 See generally id.  
6 Id. at 1:04:40 . See also https://www.fda.gov/media/148542/download  at 30.  Case 4:22-cv-00915-P   Document 24   Filed 03/08/23    Page 9 of 26   PageID 205
7 Notwithstanding the de Garays’ reporting of their daughter’s wide range of severe 
symptoms, Pfizer’s inaccurate and misleading characterization thereof, the inadequate assessment 
of potential causality of M.D.’s injuries from the vaccine, and the safety alarms that this should 
have been ringing, FDA granted the vaccine EUA on May 10, 2021 and – after the undersigned 
wrote to FDA about M.D. on October 22, 2021, October 25, 2021, January 3, 2022, February 7, 
2022, and March 8, 20227 – the agency  subsequently licensed the use of the Pfiz er 12 -15 Vaccine 
on July 8, 2022.8 
The FDA also w as invited to the November 2021 round table held by Senator Ron Johnson 
with regard to those injured by Covid- 19 vaccines  – at which Stephanie de Garay spoke , and M.D. 
was present  – but did not attend.9 There has also been widespread media coverage of M.D.’s case, 
but, nonetheless the FDA has failed to reach to the de Garays.10  
 
7 See https://www.sirillp.com/wp -content/uploads/2023/03/3- 08-2022 -Ltr-to-Dr.-Paul-Richards -FDA- re-Maddi e-de-
Garay -608d98239f37f6f035190541103e5dc5.pdf .  
8 See https://www.fda.gov/news -events/press -announcements/fda -roundup- july-8-2022 . 
9 See https://rumble.com/vokrf7 -sen.-johnson -expert -panel -on-federal -vaccine- mandates.html  at 22:25 ( November 2, 
2021: Appearance on Senator Ron Johnson’s Expert Panel on Federal Vaccine Mandates.) ; Senator Johnson also held 
a second roundtable concerning the Covid- 19 vaccines to which FDA was also invited and did not attend.  See  
https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2022/12/sen- ro n-johnson -hears -from -experts -and-medical -professionals -on-
covid- 19-vaccine- efficacy -and-safety .  
10 See https://youtu.be/lAeVLdMnerQ?t=1885 . (June 28, 2021: Appearance on Senator Ron Johnson’s press 
conference with individuals who suffered adverse reactions to COVID -19 vaccin es); see also 
https://thefederalist.com/2021/06/29/twitter -cen sors-video -of-mother -describing -daughters -covid -19-vaccine- side-
effects/  (J une 29, 2021: Federalist Article: “Twitter Censors Video of Mother Describing Daughter’s COVID -19 
Vaccine Side Effects”); https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/tucker -people -in-charge -create- disaster -after-disaster  at 
12:00  (July 1, 2021: Coverage of testimony at Senator Ron Johnson press conference by Tucker Carlson Tonight.); 
https://video.foxnews.com/v/6262045756001#sp=show- clips  (July 2, 2021: Appearance on Tucker Carlson Tonight); 
https://rumble.com/vsgwe2 -joe-rogan -on-maddie -de-garay -and-suppression- of-vaccine- adverse -events..html  
(January 12, 2022: Discussion of de Garays by podcast host Joe Rogan on the Joe Rogan Experience.); 
https://thehighwire.com/videos/rigged -maddies -story/  (August 13, 2022: Appearance on The HighWire, “Rigged: 
Maddie’s Story.”).  Case 4:22-cv-00915-P   Document 24   Filed 03/08/23    Page 10 of 26   PageID 206
8 II. FDA LICENSURE OF MODERNA AND PFIZER 12 -15 COVID -19 VACCINE  
On January 31, 2022, the FDA approved the Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine, marketed as 
Spikevax (the “ Moderna Vaccine”) for individuals 18 years of age and older.11 FDA asserts that 
“Spikevax meets the FDA’s high standard for safety, effectiveness, and manufacturing quality 
required of any vaccine approved for use in the United States.”12 
On July 8, 2022, FDA approved the Pfizer -BioNTech Covid- 19 Vaccine, marketed as 
Comirnaty, for individuals 12 through 15 years of age (the “ Pfizer 12 -15 Vaccine ”).13 FDA asserts 
its “approval follows a rigorous analysis and evaluation of  the safety and effectiveness data 
conducted by FDA.”14  
Plaintiffs seek the release of the records relied upon by the FDA to license these products.   
The importance of releasing this information to the public is explicitly recognized under federal 
regulation, which provides: “After a license has been issued, the following data and information 
in the biological product file are immediately available for public disclosure unless extraordinary 
circumstances are shown: (1) All safety and effectiveness data and  information. (2) A protocol for 
a test or study . . . .”15  
Hence, u pon licensure for the Pfizer 12 -15 Vaccine and Moderna Vaccine ( the “ Covid-19 
Vaccines”) , PHMPT issued two requests to FDA pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (5 
U.S.C. § 552 , as amended) (“FOIA ”) for “[a]ll data and information for [the COVID -19 Vaccines] 
 
11See https://www.fda.gov/news -events/press -announcements/coronavirus -covid- 19-update -fda-takes -key-action -
approving- second -covid- 19-vaccine . 
12https://www.fda.gov/news -events/press -announcements/coronavirus -covid- 19-update -fda-takes -key-action -
approving -second -covid- 19-vaccine . 
13 See https://www.fda.gov/news -events/press -announcements/fda -roundup- july-8-2022 .  
14 https://www.fda.gov/news -events/press -announcements/fda -roundup -july-8-2022 . 
15 21 C.F.R. § 601.51 (e).  Case 4:22-cv-00915-P   Document 24   Filed 03/08/23    Page 11 of 26   PageID 207
9 enumerated in 21 C.F.R. § 601.51(e)[16] with the exception of publicly available reports on the 
Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System.”17 A near identical request for the Pfizer 12 -15 
Vaccine was later submitted to FDA by Patrick and Stephanie de Garay .18 
III. SERIOUS PUBLIC CONCERNS RAISED REGARDING THE FDA’S DECISION 
Despite FDA’s assertions, numerous public health officials, media outlets, journalists, 
scientists, politicians, public figures, and others with large media platforms have publicly raised questions regarding the sufficiency of the data, the adequacy of the review, and the appropriateness of the analyses relied upon by FDA to license the Covid- 19 Vaccines.  The de Garays, based on 
their personal experience with the Pfizer product, similarly question how their daughter’s case was handled and the evidence regarding  the thoroughness and reliability of the larger clinical trial.  
Independent review is critically needed because the FDA was already promoting these 
products prior to their licensure , potentially biasing their decision- making process.  For example, 
Dr. Peter Marks, the head of the FDA’s division that decides on licensure of thes e products, put 
out promotional videos encouraging the uptake for unlicensed uses of th ese products: 
 
16 21 C.F.R. § 601.51(e) provides that, after a biological product is licensed, the following information shall be made 
available for immediate disclosure absent extraordinary circumstances: “(1) All safety and effectiveness data and 
information. (2) A protocol for a test or study . . . . (3) Adverse reaction reports, product experience reports, consumer complaints, and other similar data and information . . . . (4) A list of all active ingredients and any inactive ingredients 
. . . . (5) An assay method or other analytical method . . . . (6) All correspondence and written summaries of oral 
discussions relating to the biological product file . . . . (7) All records showing the manufacturer’s testing of a particula r 
lot . . . . (8) All records showing the testing of and action o n a particular lot by the [FDA].”  
17 For the avoidance of doubt, the FOIA Request includes, but is not limited to, all of the data and information in the 
biological product file, as defined in 21 C.F.R. § 601.51 (a), for [the C OVID -19 Vaccines], enumerated in 21 C.F.R. § 
601.51 (e), with the exception of publicly available reports on the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System.  
18 https://www.foxnews.com/media/ohio -woman -daughter -covid- vaccine- reaction -wheelchair ; see also 
https://thehighwire.com/videos/ri gged -maddies -story/ . Case 4:22-cv-00915-P   Document 24   Filed 03/08/23    Page 12 of 26   PageID 208
10  
While Dr. Marks was making promotional videos,19 he also received  letters about the serious  
injuries M.D. sustained in the Pfizer 12 -15 clinical trial that  he ignored.  
There were also numerous prestigious journals that published articles calling  into question 
many aspects of the decision to authorize these products, which apparently were not considered 
when the FDA licensed them. A petition about these issues was recently filed with the FDA by 9 
highly credentialed and world-renown scientists, two of whom are PHMPT members, which 
requested the following actions by the FDA : 
1.  Add language clarifying that phase III trials were not 
designed to determine and failed to provide substantial evidence of 
vaccine efficacy against SARS -CoV -2 transmission or death.  
 
19 See, e.g., https://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=IJNc_DJ1DyE  (Do the current COVID -19 vaccines work? , January 
27, 2022);  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9ekkC3fhqo  (Risks of not gett ing my child vaccinated against 
COVID -19, February 10, 2022); https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=YgPj5MoD3hY  (When might we have vaccines 
for our youngest children? , February 25, 2022) ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGIhEcGZaQg  (Is it still 
necessary to get vaccinated or get a booster shot?, April 4, 2022); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf7zBKszkJo  
(Should 12 -through 17 -year-olds receive a COVID -19 booster? , March 24, 2022).  Each of these videos predates FDA 
approval of Pfizer’s 12 -15 vaccine  and features Dr. Marks promoting the Covid- 19 vaccines . 
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11 2. Add language clarifying that the immunobridging surrogate 
endpoint used in multiple authorized indications has not been 
validated to predict clinical efficacy.  3. Add safety and efficacy results data from manufacturer 
randomized trials of current bivalent boosters that reported results after EUA was granted.  4.  Add a clear statement that FDA authorized a new Pfizer 
vaccine formulation containing Tris buffer without requiring clinical studies to evaluate efficacy, safety or bioequivalence to the formulation containing phosphate buffer.  5. Add a clea r statement disclosing that a Pfizer phase III 
randomized trial in pregnant women (NCT04754594) was completed as of July 2022 but there have been no results reported.  6.  Add a clear statement that Pfizer vaccine efficacy wanes 
after 2 months following dose 2 according to the Pfizer phase III randomized trial.  7.  The following adverse event types should be added to the 
Adverse Reactions section of labeling:  
a. multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS) in children;  
b. pulmonary embolism;  c. sudden cardiac death;  
d. neuropathic and autonomic disorders.  
8.   The following reproductive health and lactation related 
adverse event types should be added to the Adverse Reactions  
section of labeling:  
a. decreased sperm concentration;  
b. heavy menstrual bleeding;  c. detection of vaccine mRNA in breastmilk.  
9.   Add frequency data for clinical and subclinical myocarditis.  10.   Labeling should present trial results on serious a dverse 
events in tables with statistics, as is done for non -serious adverse 
events.  11.   Petitioner also requests the FDA create a Medication Guide and communicate these labeling changes via a Dear Health Care Provider (DHCP) letter.
20 
 
There are far more issues and questions that can likely  be answer ed if the data requested in  PHMPT 
1 and herein  were made public. For example, a paper published on June 23, 2022 and updated on 
September 9, 2022 titled Serious Adverse Events of Special Interest Following  mRNA Vaccination 
in Randomized Trials , states: “These study limitations all stem from the fact that the raw data from 
 
20 https://www.regulations.gov/document/FDA -2023 -P-0360 -0001 .  Case 4:22-cv-00915-P   Document 24   Filed 03/08/23    Page 14 of 26   PageID 210
12 COVID- 19 vaccine clinical trials are not publicly available.  Given the global public health 
implications, there is an urgency to make all  COVID- 19 trial data public, particularly 
regarding serious adverse events, without any further delay .”21 
 The urgency to publicize all this data  is becoming more acute with each passing day. For 
example, a  recent Cleveland Clinic study of over 50,000 individuals found that the more doses of 
Covid- 19 vaccine received , the greater the chan ces of getting Covid-19:22 
 
 Numerous other recent papers have presented data that have called into serious question 
the efficacy of these vaccines, including data that reflect issues that should have been seen during 
 
21 Fraiman, J., et al., Serious adverse events of special interest following mRNA vaccination in random ized trials , 
SSRN (June 23, 2022)  https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4125239  (emphasis added).  
22 See Nabin K. Shrestha, et al.,  Effectiveness of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID -19) Bivalent Vaccine , 
Medrxiv (Dec. 19, 2022), https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.12.17.22283625v1.
full.pdf?utm_source=substack& utm _medium=email .  
 
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13 the clinical trial if it had been conducted properly and had the results been  fully reported to the 
FDA:  
a. An article in the New England Journal of Medicine discusses a study tha t included 
887,193 children (273,157 vaccinated children) and showed that children who had 
Covid- 19 and were subsequently vaccinated were much more likely to get 
reinfected than their peers who also had Covid-19 and were not vaccinated.23  
b. Data from the Dutch government evaluating mRNA vaccines found that “in the period from March 15 to June 28, 2022, there was hardly any visible protective effect of the COVID -19 basic vaccination series against hospital and ICU -intake.”  
In fact, when researchers stratified the risks of hospitalization and intensive care by time from the date of vaccination and by ag e, it was demonstrated that the risks 
increase over time.
24 
c. A study among adolescents in Brazil and Scotland analyzed vaccine effectiveness 
of two doses of Pfizer’s vaccine against symptomatic and severe Covid- 19. The 
study found waning vaccine protection against symptomatic Covid- 19 from 27 days 
after the second dose.25 
d. A study published in the Lancet looking at effectiveness of Pfizer’s vaccine in 
children in Italy states: “Our estimates of the effectiveness of full vaccination 
 
23 See Lin, Dan -yu, et al., Letter to the Editor: Effects of Vaccination and Previous Infection on Omicron Infections in 
Children, NEJM (Sept. 22, 2022) https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2209371?query=featured_home .  
24See  https://www.rivm.nl/covid -19-vaccinatie/bescherming -coronavaccins -tegen -ziekenhuisopname/booster -en-
herhaalprik -bij-ouderen -nodig- om-bescherming -op-peil-te-brengen  (Dutch version). https://www.rivm.nl/en/covid -
19-vaccination/vaccine- effectiveness -in-preventing- hospital- admissions/covid- 19-booster -jab-and-repeat -
vaccination -needed -for-older -people -to-restore -protection  ( English version).   
25 See Florentino, P.T.  et al., Vaccine effectiveness of two -dose BNT162b2 against symptomatic and severe COVID-
19 among adolescents in Brazil and Scotland over time: a test -negative case -control study, Lancet Infect Dis. (Aug. 
8, 2022)  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35952702/ .  Case 4:22-cv-00915-P   Document 24   Filed 03/08/23    Page 16 of 26   PageID 212
14 against SARS -CoV- 2 infectio n are significantly lower than those reported in the 
clinical trial that led to the approval of BNT162b2 in children (90.7% in the 
approval trial  vs 29.4% in our study).”  The study also states, “our estimates of 
vaccine effectiveness against infection coi ncide with the estimate reported in the 
USA in a previous study” and that “this decline could be due to immunity waning, 
as described in the adult population vaccinated with mRNA vaccines.”26 
e. A study printed in JAMA , conducted from December 2021 to February 2022 during 
Omicron variant predominance and included 121,952 tests from sites across the 
United States, estimated vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic infection 
among adolescents 12 to 15 years of age at 16.6% at two months after two doses. 
The stu dy concluded: “Among children and adolescents, estimated VE for 2 doses 
of [Pfizer’s vaccine] was modest and decreased rapidly.”27 
Likewise, numerous recent papers have presented data of serious safety issues with these 
vaccines, including data that reflect s issues that should have been seen during the clinical trial if it 
had been conducted properly and the results fully reported to the FDA, including immune, 
neurological, and circulatory system disorders. For example, a recent peer- reviewed study looking 
at close to 300,000 people in California finds that Covid- 19 vaccines are linked to a 20% rise in 
new diagnoses for at least three months post -vaccination. More specifically, adults have sharply 
higher risks of being diagnosed with heart, skin, and psychiatric conditions for at least 90 days 
 
26 See Sacco, C., et al.,  Effectiveness of BNT162b2 vaccine against SARS- CoV-2 infection and severe COVID -19 in 
children aged 5- 11 years in Italy; a retrospective analysis of January -April, 2022, The Lancet (July 9, 2022)  
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140 -6736(22)01185 -0/fulltext .  
27 See Fleming -Dutra, K., et al., Association of Prior BNT162b2 COVID -19 Vaccination With Symptomatic SARS -
C0V-2 Infection in Children and Adolescents During Omicron Predominance,  AMA JAMA (June 14, 2022) 
https://pubmed.n cbi.nlm.nih.gov/35560036/ . Case 4:22-cv-00915-P   Document 24   Filed 03/08/23    Page 17 of 26   PageID 213
15 after they receive Covid -19 shots.28 Additionally, the following is a list of studies on the adverse 
effects on the heart and circulatory system in children from the Covid- 19 vaccine:  
a. A recent study in the America n Heart Association journal, conducted between 
December 2020 and December 2021, acknowledged that deaths had resulted from 
myocarditis post -vaccination, identifying 345 people in England who had died of 
myocarditis after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine.29 
b. Another study in Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease of 301 adolescents found that 54 patients, or 17.94%, had abnormal electrocardiograms after vaccination with Pfizer’s Covid- 19 vaccine, resulting in one case of 
myopericarditis, four cases of subclinical myocarditis, and two cases of pericarditis.
30  
c. A Kaiser Permanente study determined that the rate of myocarditis used by federal health authorities was incorrect and that the actual rate was nearly double, at 1 in 
4,800 children vaccinated, observing, “The true incidence of myopericarditis is 
markedly higher than the incidence reported to US advisory committees,” as the study had identified “approximately twice as many cases of myopericarditis following COVID -19 mRNA vaccination.”
 31    
 
28 Kwan, A. et al., Apparent risks of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome diagnoses after COVID -19 vaccination 
and SARS -Cov-2 infection , (Dec. 12, 2022), https://www.nature.com/articles/s44161 -022-00177 -
8?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email#author -information .  
29 Patone, M., et al ., Risk of Myocarditis After Sequential Doses of COVID -19 Vaccine and SARS- CoV-2 Infection by 
Age and Sex , Circulation (Aug. 22, 2022), https://www.ncbi.nlm. nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9439633/ .   
30 Mansanguan, S. , et al ., Cardiovascular Manifestation of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID -19 Vaccine in Adolescents , 
Tropical Med. & Infec. Dis. (Aug. 19, 2022), https://www.mdpi.com/2414 -6366/7/8/196/htm . 
31 Shariff, K.., et al. , Risk of Myopericarditis following COVID -19 mRNA v accination in a Large Integrated Health 
System: A Comparison of Completeness and Timeliness of Two Methods , MedRxiv (Dec. 27, 2021), 
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.12.21.21268209v1.full.pdf . Case 4:22-cv-00915-P   Document 24   Filed 03/08/23    Page 18 of 26   PageID 214
16 d. A study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health involving 23.1 million 
Scandinavians ages 12 and up found that the risk of myocarditis after mRNA vaccines was highest in males aged 16 to 24 after the second dose.
32 
e. An analysis of 42 million people ages 13 and older by Oxford researchers found higher rates of vaccine -induced myocarditis than Covid-19- induced myocarditis in 
males ages 16 to 39 after second and third doses of Pfizer’s Covid- 19 vaccine and 
after first and second doses of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine.
33 
There is also an urgent need for full transparency regarding these products because 
Americans are still being mandated or otherwise pressured to take this product by the federal government,
34 local governments,35 public and private employers,36 universities,37 schools,38 and 
 
32 Karlstad, O ., et al. , SARS -CoV-2 Vaccination and Myocarditis in a Nordic Cohort Study of 23 Million Residents , 
JAMA Cardiology (Apr. 20, 2022), https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2791253 .  
33 Patone, M., et al. , Risk of Myocarditis Following Sequential COVID -19 Vaccinations by Age and Sex , MedRxiv 
(Dec; 25, 2021), https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.12.23.21268276v1.full.pdf+html .  
34 See, e.g. , https://www.natlawreview.com/article/covid -19-vaccine- added -to-requirements -green -card-processing -
effective -oct-1; https://apnews.com/article/business -health -coronavirus -pandemic -coronavirus -vaccine- 4cf7451267
919302de 4a7b591508e80c ; https://media.defense.gov/2 021/Aug/25/2002838826/ -1/-1/0/MEMORANDUM -FOR -
MANDATORY -CORONAVIRUS -DISEASE -2019- VACCINATION- OF-DEPARTMENT- OF-DEFENSE-
SERVICE -MEMBERS.PDF . 
35 See, e.g. , https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/12/us/san- francisco -vaccine -requirement/index.html ; https://www1.nyc.
gov/site/doh/covid/covid -19-vaccines -keytonyc.page ; https://news.yahoo.com/orleans -now-requires -proof- vaccina
tion-230433492.html?guccounter=1 . 
36 See, e.g. , https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/06/united -airlines -vaccine- mandate- employees.html ; https:// san
francisco.cbslocal.com/2021/08/02/covid- kaiser -permanente -makes -vaccination -mandatory- for-all-employees/; 
https://abcnews.go.com/He alth/wireStory/walmart -mandates -vaccines -workers -headquarters -79177220 ; https://
www.kpbs.org/news/2021/aug/17/encinitas -covid- 19-vaccine- negative -test-employees/ ; https://www. cnbc. com/
2021/08/09/covid- vaccine- mandates -sweep -across -corporate -america- as-delta -surges.html ; https://www.
reuters.com/business/energy/chevron -begins -covid- 19-vaccination -mandates -wsj- 2021- 08-23/; https://thehill.com/
policy/healthcare/569051 -pfizers -full-approval- triggers -new-vaccine- mandates/ ; https://www.cvshealth.com/news -
and-insights/statements/cvs -health -will- require -covid- 19-vaccination s-for-clinical -and-corporate -employees .  
37 See e.g. , https://blockclubchicag o.org/2022/07/18/will -your-college -still-require -covid- vaccinations -now-that-the-
state-dropped- its-mandate/ ; https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health -news/colleges -universities -covid -vaccination -
mandates -facing -pushback -n1273916 ; https://www.colorado.edu/covid -19-updates/covid -19-vaccination ; https://
uhs.berkeley.edu/requirements/covid19.  
38 See, e.g. , https://abcnews.go.com/US/dc -require -students -12-older -vaccinated -covid- 19/story?id=87130087 ; 
https://www.4j.lane.edu/coronavirus/healthsafety/  (school staff and volunteers must get Covid -19 vaccine); 
https://www.npr.org/sections/back -to-school- live-updates/2021/08/20/1029837338/a -california -school -district -
manda tes-vaccines -for-eligible -students ; https://patch.com/massachusetts/salem/salem -school -committee -approves -Case 4:22-cv-00915-P   Document 24   Filed 03/08/23    Page 19 of 26   PageID 215
17 various other institutions, all at the direct or indirect recommendation or encouragement of the 
Federal Government, all of which is premised on the FDA’s conclusion these products are safe and effective.
39 
Furthermore, now that FDA has approved the Pfizer 12-15 Vaccine, there are indications 
that states and school districts will begin mandating these vaccines for children to attend public school.
40 Washington, D.C., has already announced a mandate for students ages 12 and older.41   
IV. THE FOIA REQUESTS  
PHMPT submitted a FOIA request on February 23, 2022, seeking the following documents 
to be produced on an expedited basis pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(6)(E)(v)(II):  
All data and information for the Moderna Vaccine enumerated in 21 
C.F.R. § 601.51(e)42 with the exception of publicly available reports 
 
vaccine -mandate -sports -band ; https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/coronavirus/nyc -will- require -vaccinatio n-for-
high-risk-school -sports/3232745/ ; https://www.n j.com/hudson/2021/08/hoboken -believed -to-be-first-in-state-to-
issue- mandate- for-students -12-and-up-get-vaccine- or-face-weekly -testing.html ; https://www.mercurynews.com/
2021/08/19/la -county -school -district -mandates -covid- vaccines -for-k12-kids-others -soon- may-follow/ .  
39 See, e.g. , https://www.reuters.com/world/us/new -york-city-mandates -covid- 19-vaccine- public -school- teachers -
staff-mayor -2021 -08-23/; https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california -covid- vaccine -teachers -mandate/ ; https://
www.nytimes.com/2021/08/18/us/washington- state-teacher -vaccine- mandate.html ; https://www. governor.ny.gov/
news/governor -cuomo -announces -covid -19-vaccination -mandate -healthcare- workers ; https://www. cdph.ca. gov/
Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID -19/FAQ -Health -Care- Worker -Vaccine- Requirement.aspx ; https://www.
nytimes .com/2021/08/09/us/washington -state-workers -vaccine- mandate.html ; https:// www.denvergov. org/Govern
ment/COVID -19-Information/Public -Health -Orders -Response/News -Updates/2021/Mayor -Hancock -Announces -
COVID -19-Vaccine- Requirement -for-Employees ; https://www.bostonherald.com/2021/08/19/baker -issues -vaccine -
mandate- for-42000 -state-employees/ . 
40https://www.gov.ca.gov/2021/10/01/california -becomes -first-state-in-nation -to-announce -covid- 19-vaccine-
requirements -for-schools/ ; see also  https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022 -01-24/new- vaccine -legislation -
california -schoolchildren- mandate . 
41 See https://osse.dc.gov/page/district- columbia -immunization -attendance- policy  (“Beginning in the 2023 -24 school 
year, the COVID -19 vaccine is required for school enrollment and attendance in the District of Columbia for all 
students who are of an age for which there is a COVID -19 vaccination fully approved by the US Food and Drug 
Administration (FDA) ”).  
42 21 C.F.R. § 601.51 (e) provide s that after a biological product is licensed, the following information shall be made 
available for immediate disclosure absent extraordinary circumstances: “(1) All safety and effectiveness data and 
information. (2) A protocol for a test or study . . . .  (3) Adverse reaction reports, product experience reports, consumer 
complaints, and other similar data and information . . . . (4) A list of all active ingredients and any inactive ingredients 
. . . . (5) An assay method or other analytical method . . . . (6) All correspondence and written summaries of oral 
discussions relating to the biological product file . . . . (7) All records showing the manufacturer’s testing of a particula r 
lot . . . . (8) All records showing the testing of and action on a particula r lot by the [FDA].”  Case 4:22-cv-00915-P   Document 24   Filed 03/08/23    Page 20 of 26   PageID 216
18 on the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System.43  
 
(Dkt. No. 1  at 17) On March 7, 2022, FDA denied PHMPT’s request for expedited processing 
(“PHMPT’s Denial Letter” or “ Denial Letters”) and assigned the request FOIA Control # 2022 -
1614. In PHMPT’s Denial Letter, FDA stated, in relevant part:  
I have determined that your request for expedited processing does 
not meet the criteria under the FOIA. You have not demonstrated a compelling ne ed that involves an imminent threat to the life or 
physical safety of an individual. Neither have you demonstrated that there exists an urgency to inform the public concerning actual or alleged Federal Government activity. Therefore, I am denying your request for expedited processing.   
(Id. at 17- 18.) On June 1, 2022, PHMPT submitted an appeal challenging FDA’s decision to deny 
PHMPT’s requests for expedited processing.  (Id. at 18)  FDA acknowledged PHMPT’s appeal on 
June 1, 2022, assigned it appeal file 20- 0076AA, and declared that the appeal fell under “unusual 
circumstances” pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(6)(B)(i) and 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(6)(B)(iii) of the 
FOIA. ( Dkt. No . 1 at 18.) Given the “unusual circums tances” claimed by FDA, it was required to 
make a determination with respect to PHMPT’s appeal for expedited processing by July 15, 2022. 
As of the date of this filing, FDA has not made a determination.  
PHMPT also submitted the following FOIA request to F DA on August 8, 2022 and sought 
expedited processing pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(6)(E)(v)(II):  
 
43 For the avoidance of doubt, this request includes but is not limited to all of the data and information in the biological 
product file, as defined in 21 C.F.R. § 601.51(a), for the Moderna Vaccine enumerated in 21 C.F.R. § 601.51 (e), with 
the exception of publicly available reports on the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System.  
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19 All data and information for the Pfizer 12 -15 Vaccine  enumerated 
in 21 C.F.R. § 601.51(e)44 with the exception of publicly available 
reports on the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System.45   
 
This request excludes any data and information responsive to and 
being produced in FOIA Control # 2021- 5683 (previously made on 
behalf of PHMPT) and is m eant to capture all data and information 
within the biological product file that concerns the authorization and 
approval of Comirnaty for use in 12-15- year-olds. 
 
(Dkt. No. 1 at 18.)  On August 15, 2022, FDA denied PHMPT’s request for expedited processing 
(“PHMPT’s Denial Letter ” or “ Denial Letters ”). In PHMPT’s Denial Letter, FDA stated, in 
relevant part:  
I have determined that your request for expedited processing does 
not meet the criteria under the FOIA.   You have not demonstrated a 
compelli ng need that involves an imminent threat to the life or 
physical safety of an individual.  Neither have you demonstrated that 
there exists an urgency to inform the public concerning actual or alleged Federal Government activity.   Therefore, I am denying your 
request for expedited processing.   
(Id. at 19 )   
The de Garays  also submitted a request to FDA on August 22, 2022 for the data relied upon 
to license the Pfizer 12 -15 Vaccine and sought expedited processing pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 
552(a)(6)(E)(v)(II).  (Dkt. No. 1  at 19-20) On August 29, 2022, FDA denied the de Garays’ request 
for expedited processing (“ de Garays’ Denial Letter” or “ Denial Letters”) and assigned the 
request FOIA Control # 2022-6129. In the de G arays’ Denial Letter, FDA stated in relevant part:  
 
44 21 C.F.R. § 601.51(e) provides that after a biological product i s licensed, the following information shall be made 
available for immediate disclosure absent extraordinary circumstances: “(1) All safety and effectiveness data and information. (2) A protocol for a test or study . . . .  (3) Adverse reaction reports, product experience reports, consumer 
complaints, and other similar data and information . . . . (4)  A list of all active ingredients and any inactive ingredients  
. . . .  (5)  An assay method or other analytical method . . . .  (6)  All correspondence and wr itten summaries of oral 
discussions relating to the biological product file . . . . (7)  All records showing the manufacturer’s testing of a particul ar 
lot . . . . (8) All records showing the testing of and action on a particular lot by the [FDA].”  
45 For the avoidance of doubt, this request includes but is not limited to all of the data and information in the biological 
product file, as defined in 21 C.F.R. § 601.51(a), for the 12-15-Year -Old Pfizer Vaccine enumerated in 21 C.F .R. § 
601.51 (e) with the exception of publicly available reports on the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System.  Case 4:22-cv-00915-P   Document 24   Filed 03/08/23    Page 22 of 26   PageID 218
20 I have determined that your request for expedited processing does 
not meet the criteria under the FOIA.   You have not demonstrated a 
compelling need that involves an imminent threat to the life or physica l safety of an individual.  Neither have you demonstrated that 
there exists an urgency to inform the public concerning actual or alleged Federal Government activity.   Therefore, I am denying your 
request for expedited processing.   
(Id. at 20. )  
ARGUMENT  
The urgency to inform the public concerning the data and information underlying a licensed 
vaccine is reflected in the Code of Federal Regulations, which expressly provides that “[a]fter a 
license has been issued, the following data and information in the biological product file are 
immediately available for public disclosure unless extraordinary circumstances are shown: (1) All safety and effectiveness data and information . . . .”
46 Therefore, FDA’s own regulations expressly 
recognize the importance of hav ing the data and information relied upon to license a vaccine 
“immediately available for public disclosure.”47 FDA’s regulation not only supports the need for 
expedited treatment under FOIA but is also an independent legal basis that requires expedited treatment of this request.  
Moreover, FDA may only license vaccines that have been proven to be “safe and effective,” 
see, e.g. , 21 U.S.C. § 393, and FDA makes this determination based on, inter alia , clinical trial 
reports provided by the sponsor , which must be sufficient to demonstrate the product is both “safe” 
 
46 21 C.F.R. § 601.51 (e) (emphasis added).  
47 Id. Case 4:22-cv-00915-P   Document 24   Filed 03/08/23    Page 23 of 26   PageID 219
21 and “effective.”48 To assure FDA’s commitment to transparency49 and to promote the public’s and 
the medical and scientific communities’ confidence in the conclusions reached by FDA, it is not 
surprising that 21 C.F.R. § 601.51(e) requires FDA to immediately disclose all safety and effectiveness data after a product is licensed, absent any extraordinary circumstances. This is the same information that would be responsive to Plaintiffs’ requests.  
Beyond the FDA’s own regulations , which admit the urgent need for transparency and 
disclosure of the requested information, there are two additional reasons that warrant a reasonable 
and timely production of responsive documents. 
First, as explained above,
50 there is an ongoing, national public debate regarding the 
adequacy of the data and information, and analyses of same, relied upon by the FDA to license the 
Covid- 19 Vaccines.  
Although public health officials, media outlets, journalists, scientists, politicians, public 
figures, and others with large media platforms have declared that the data and information 
underlying the licensure of the Covid- 19 Vaccines are more than sufficient for licensure, numerous 
public health officials, media outlets, journalists,  scientists, politicians, public figures, and others 
with large media platforms have publicly raised questions regarding the sufficiency of the data and 
information, the adequacy of the review, and appropriateness of the analyses relied upon to license the Covid- 19 Vaccines, including a number of the scientists and journalists that are members of 
PHMPT.  
 
48 21 C.F.R. § 601.2 (a). FDA explains in its guidance materials that the  clinical trials relied upon for approval are 
typically “1 to 4 years” (https://www.fda.gov/patients/drug -development -process/step -3-clinical -research ) and the 
duration of clinical trials should “refle ct the product and target condition.” https://www.
fda.gov/media/102332/download ; see also  https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer -updates/it -really -fda-approved ; 
https://www.fda.gov/about- fda/what -we-do. 
49 https://www.fda.gov/about- fda/transparency . 
50 See, e.g. , supra  ¶¶ 36 -45. Case 4:22-cv-00915-P   Document 24   Filed 03/08/23    Page 24 of 26   PageID 220
22 The public debate is unlikely to be settled without full disclosure of the data and 
information underlying the FDA’s conclusion that the Covid- 19 Vaccines are “safe and effective.” 
Secondly, there is also an urgent need for the public to have immediate access to the data 
and information underlying the licensure of the Covid- 19 Vaccine s because, over the objections 
of many, this product has been, and continue s to be mandated to individuals across the country by 
the federal government, local governments, public and private employers, universities, schools, 
and various other institutions.51 
Regarding the Pfizer 12 -15 Vaccine, after its FDA approval, policymakers are reviewing 
the available information to determine if C ovid- 19 vaccine requirements are appropriate for 
students for the 2023- 2024 school year and beyond.52 
Having multiple trusted independent authorities review the safety and effectiveness data 
sought in these FOIA requests will only assist the public  and private institutions  in evaluating 
vaccine decisions and policies.  
During a time when Covid- 19 vaccine mandates are being implemented over the objection 
of those who have questions about t he data and information supporting the safety and efficacy of 
the C ovid- 19 Vaccines, and individuals with these questions are being expelled from employment, 
school, and other critical parts of civil society, the public has an urgent and immediate need to 
have access to this data.  
It is crucial that the American public be granted the transparency necessary – and on the 
timeline necessary –  to review and assess the government’s justifications for its action s. The 
declared emergency of Covid- 19 led to numero us government actions that greatly affected the 
 
51 See, e.g. , supra  ¶¶46 -47. 
52 See, e.g. , supra  ¶¶ 46 -47. Case 4:22-cv-00915-P   Document 24   Filed 03/08/23    Page 25 of 26   PageID 221
23 American people , and without having full access to the data to which they are entitled, Americans 
cannot judge whether all of those actions were justified.  This presents a grave risk if this country 
is ever confronted with a similar declared emergency in t he future . Hindsight is 20/20 only if all 
of the data is out in the open. 
CONCLUSION 
For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiffs respectfully request that the Court order the FDA to 
produce all documents responsive  to the Pfizer 12 -15 request on or before October 15, 2023 and 
all documents responsive to the Moderna request on or before April 15, 2025. 
Dated :  March 8 , 2023 
 
 
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