Legal Opinion
White v. United States Probation Office
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 28, 1998No. 97-5353PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed PER CURIAM.
On Motion for Summary Affirmance
2Per curiam
The main question presented by this appeal is whether a claim for damages under the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552(a), can be brought by a federal prisoner in order collaterally to attack his sentence. We hold that such a claim is not cognizable under the Privacy Act unless the sentence has been invalidated in a prior proceeding.
After Larry N. White was convicted of conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846, he brought this action under the Privacy Act claiming that the Federal Buread of…
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