Richard Chichakli v. Rex Tillerson

Wilkins, Circuit Judge:

Richard A. Chichakli, proceeding pro se , brought this lawsuit against the Office of Foreign Assets Control and the Department of State, alleging disclosures of his personal identifying information in violation of the Privacy Act. The District Court granted the motion to dismiss filed by the defendants, holding that Chichakli failed to state a claim under the Privacy Act because the government agencies had made the purported disclosures as a proper "routine use" of the information. On appeal, Chichakli filed his own briefs and adopted the arguments made in the briefs of…