No. 18-7604
Jacques Paul Villafana v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections
IFP
Tags: civil-rights confidentiality confidentiality-statute due-process mailroom-search medical-records medical-records-privacy prisoner-rights privacy privacy-rights veterans-affairs veterans-benefits
Key Terms:
Privacy
Privacy
Latest Conference:
2019-03-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether privacy rights extend to a prisoner's military medical records
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED 1. Military veterans' medical records are privileged and confidential under 38 U.S.C.A. §§ 5701, 5705, and 7332. Petitioner — a military veteran and a state inmate — applied for disability benefits with the Veterans Administration. To support his claims, Petitioner requested his medical records. Petitioner's military medical records were sent to him, but the prison mailroom opened and searched the medical records without authorization. Should privacy rights extend to a prisoner's military medical records? Gi) .
Docket Entries
2019-04-01
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/29/2019.
2019-01-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 27, 2019)