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Prisoner Cannot Sue BOP Under Privacy Act

Loaded on Jan. 15, 2008

Filed under: Parties, Sentencing, Ex Post Facto, Privacy Act. Location: Alabama.

Gabriel Scaff-Martinez, a federal prisoner, filed suit against the United States Bureau of Prisons (BOP) pursuant to the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552a(d), (e)(5) and (g), alleging that the BOP had failed to maintain accurate records, expunge false information from his prison file and amend the inaccuracy in his …

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