Wiley v. Department of Veterans Affairs

OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

ROSEN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Tyrone Wiley commenced this suit in this Court on October 25, 2000, alleging that the Defendant Department of Veterans Affairs (the “VA”) violated the federal Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552a, by releasing records of Plaintiffs medical diagnosis and treatment at a VA medical center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Privacy Act prohibits federal agencies from disclosing “any record which is contained in a system of records by any means of communication ... except pursuant to a written request…