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COCHRAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 84-8765.

770 F.2d 949 (1985)

Major General James F. COCHRAN, III, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The UNITED STATES of America, the Department of Defense and the Department of the Army, Agencies and Departments thereof, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 6, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Jones, Hinesville, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

Kenneth C. Etheridge, Asst. U.S. Atty., Savannah, Ga., Lt. Col. Marshall M. Kaplan, Army Litigation Div., Office of the Judge Advocate General, Dept. of the Army, The Pentagon, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.

Before RONEY and HILL, Circuit Judges, and PITTMAN, District Judge.

JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff/appellant Major General (Retired) James F. Cochran alleges a violation of subsection (b) of the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552a(b), by the Army's issuance of a press release concerning a military, non-judicial disciplinary proceeding initiated against him. We affirm the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants/appellees, concluding that the information was properly disclosed to the

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