Legal Opinion
Alan R. Smiertka v. United States Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 7, 1979No. 78-1472PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge VAN DUSEN.
VAN DUSEN, Senior Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-appellant, Alan R. Smiertka, filed this action under the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552a (1977), seeking access to documents held by the defendant-appellee, Internal Revenue Service. The district court, on February .16, 1978, entered summary judgment for defendant, in part on the basis of § 3(d)(5) of the Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552(d)(5), which exempts “information compiled in reasonable anticipation of a civil action or proceeding” from the Act’s access requirements. This appeal raised the narrow…
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