· 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
How courts have described this case
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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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