Legal Opinion
Thurston v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 2, 1987No. Nos. 85-2066(L), 85-2067PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McMILLAN, District Judge:
Appellant, Elizabeth Hall Thurston, applied for and was denied a job as part time postmaster in Oriskany, Virginia. Thur-ston filed a privacy act petition pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552a(g)(l) seeking access to the records the Postal Service made concerning her application for the job. She later filed a “constitutional tort” action against individual Postal Service officials alleging that they denied her the job in violation of her First Amendment rights.
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