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Psychological Records' Denial Upheld; Specificity in Request Required under Pennsylvania Act

Loaded on Jan. 15, 2008

Filed under: Medical, Medical Records, Disclosure of Records. Location: Pennsylvania.

Pro se Pennsylvania state prisoner Amitha Nanayakkara appealed the court's dismissal of his petition for a writ of mandamus to obtain records for use in filing a civil suit in federal court. The denial and dismissal were upheld because the requested information was not "public record" under the Right to …

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