United States Fifth Circuit

Hospital official is entitled to qualified immunity for seeking medical resident's personal medical records against the resident's invasion of privacy claim when the official needs the records to determine if the resident is mentally fit to treat patients.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/24/2001
• Published 05/24/2001

Judges

• EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:, Before JONES and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges, and BARZILAY, Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gail P. Dalrymple, Lori W. Hanson, Clemens & Spencer, San Antonio, TX, for Toni Dollinger, M.D.


• For Appellees:
  
• Daniel Paul Neelon (argued), Pocasset, MA, for Plaintiff-Appellee., James C. Todd, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellants.