Mulhern v. Gates

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that “self-serving, unsupported statement[s]” and “conclusory sentences” are “insufficient to defeat a motion for summary judgment”
• noting that Privacy Act requires plaintiff to “seek review within the agency under the agency’s regulations,” and failure to do so deprives court of subject matter jurisdiction
• finding that “[a] mere unsubstantiated 9 allegation . . . creates no genuine issue of fact and will not withstand summary judgment” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)
• dismissing Privacy Act claim for access to records where plaintiff did not submit a proper request consistent with National Reconnaissance Office’s Privacy Act regulations
• requiring the non-moving party to submit some affirmative evidence in support of his allegations
• considering Privacy Act claim against Secretary of Defense without expressing concern over named defendant

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).