Legal Opinion
Doe v. Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 1, 1991No. Nos. 89-15933, 89-16134PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
John Doe appeals district court judgments (1) holding that there is no private cause of action against the United States under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, (2) holding that the defendants did not violate Doe’s right to privacy, and, (3) granting an individual defendant qualified immunity. On appeal, the case presents issues of mootness, jurisdiction, sovereign immunity, and qualified immunity.
FACTS
John Doe was a physician and director of a clinic owned and operated by a hospital.1 Between December 1984 and August 1988, the San Francisco office of the Federal…
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