Richard C. Bartel v. Federal Aviation Administration Richard C. Bartel v. United States

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• remanding claims for injunctive relief based on alleged due process violation where special factors doctrine justified dismissal of damages claim
• noting unanimous agreement that Privacy Act “does not necessarily cover disclosure of information merely because the information happens to be contained in the records”
• denial of right to be considered for government employment in aviation may have effectively abridged freedom to take advantage of government employment
• “[Section 552a(b) ] prohibits nonconsensual disclosure of any information that has been retrieved from a protected record.”
• actionable adverse determination where Plaintiff was asked to interview following the dissemination of unfavorable reports and then informed at the interview that he would not be hired
• The Act “safeguards the public from unwarranted collection, maintenance, use and dissemination of personal information contained in agency records . . . by allowing an individual to participate in ensuring that his records are accurate and properly used.”

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