Melinda Scott v. Andrew Carlson, et al.
Privacy
Are private citizens, who take over functions normally left to the state, by publishing information, on the Internet, about others from (a) courts not of record ; (b) court documents and (c) state records, 'state actors' that violate the Fourth Amendment?
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED : (1) Are private citizens, who take over functions normally left to the state, by publishing information, on the Internet, about others from (a) courts not of record ; (b) court documents and (c) state records, “state actors” that violate the Fourth Amendment? ; (2) Are private citizens, who publish on the Internet, private information of others, obtained from federal databases and agencies, “state actors” who have violated The Privacy Act?