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FITZPATRICK v. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

No. 80-9070.

665 F.2d 327 (1982)

Donald M. FITZPATRICK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 7, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Harper, U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., Michael J. Salem, Trial Atty., Tax Div., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Joyce F. Glucksman, Steven P. Flig, Lawrence K. G. Poole, William W. Harness, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

M. Carr Ferguson, Asst. Atty. Gen., John F. Murray, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Michael L. Paup, Chief Appellate Section, Richard W. Perkins, Helen M. Marinak, Attys., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant-appellee.

Before MORGAN, HILL and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Donald M. Fitzpatrick appeals from a district court judgment granting him the statutory minimum $1,000 damages for injuries from violations of the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552a, and awarding $3,000 of a requested $19,700 in attorneys' fees. Appellant contends that the district court erred in not granting him damages for proven mental injuries resulting from illegal disclosures of personal information, and abused its discretion...

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