United States Fifth Circuit

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) does not provide for a private cause of action. Dismissal of a suit brought against a doctor for disclosing plaintiff's medical information during a deposition without her consent is affirmed where there was no federal subject matter jurisdiction over the asserted claims, and there was no clear error in a determination that plaintiff remained a Louisiana resident and that there was no diversity.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/13/2006
• Published 11/14/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before DeMOSS, STEWART and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mary Grace Knapp, Mandeville, LA, for Acara., Linda G. Rodrigue, Jennifer Jones Thomas, Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, McCowan & Jarman, Baton Rouge, LA, for Banks.