United States Ninth Circuit

In a Privacy Act action against the State Department based on Defendant's failure to disclose complete information about Plaintiff, a prisoner in a foreign country, to the press in the U.S., dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where Plaintiff's allegations failed to show that more disclosure would have caused his release from prison.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/22/2009
• Published 05/22/2009

Judges

• O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:, Before:  DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, RONALD M. GOULD, and CARLOS T. BEA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kari E. Hong, Law Offices of Kari E. Hong, Oakland, CA, argued the cause for the plaintiff-appellant and filed the briefs.


• For Appellees:
  
• Derrick K. Watson, Assistant United States Attorney, Honolulu, HI, argued the cause for the defendants-appellees;  Lawrence L. Tong, Assistant United States Attorney, Honolulu, HI, filed the brief;  Edward H. Kubo, Jr., United States Attorney, District of Hawaii;  Jeremy M. Weinberg, Brian J. Egan, and Shawn M. Pompian, United States Department of State, Office of the Legal Adviser, Washington, D.C., were on the brief.