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· 4/18/2002

In Re Grand Jury Subpoena John Doe No. A01-209

Citations

  • 197 F. Supp. 2d 512
  • 58 Fed. R. Serv. 1110
  • 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7172
  • 2002 WL 638545

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  • noting federal courts have recognized that patients have an interest in the privacy of their medical records, but this interest is not an absolute right
  • court must weigh a patient’s privacy interest against the government’s interest in obtaining the records in particular circumstances
  • “[F]ederal courts recognize that patients have an interest in the privacy of their medical records[, but] . . . this privacy interest [] is neither an absolute right nor dispositive in all circumstances.”

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Judges: Ellis

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