United States Eleventh Circuit
Speaker v. US Dept. of Health & Hum. Servs., 09-16154
In an action against the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for violating the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. section 552a, by disclosing plaintiff's identity and confidential medical information relating to the treatment of his tuberculosis, the dismissal of the complaint is reversed where the district court's order did not fully take into account the instances throughout the amended complaint in which plaintiff alleged a direct disclosure by the CDC.
Appellate Information
- Decided 10/22/2010
- Published 10/22/2010
Judges
- Frank M. Hull
Court
- United States Eleventh Circuit