Cathy Jarvis v. Billy Wellman John T. Wigginton Al C. Parke and Steve Smith

ALAN E. NORRIS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from a denial of qualified immunity obliges us to determine whether the unauthorized release of confidential medical information violates a constitutional privacy right. We conclude that it does not and therefore reverse the order of the district court.

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Plaintiff, Cathy Jarvis, brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against officials of the Corrections Cabinet of the Common-' wealth of Kentucky when she learned that her father in October 1991, while he was an inmate in the Kentucky penal system, obtained access to her confidential medical…