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BOP Must Disclose Medical Records
Loaded on Dec. 15, 1993
published in Prison Legal News
December, 1993, page 6
Eduardo Benavides is a federal prisoner who sought to review his medical prison records. The BOP release 56 pages of his medical file to him but withheld 66 pages, including those containing the evaluations and opinions of Benavides treating physicians.Benavides filed suit under the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. § ...
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