ROBINSON v. U.S. DEPT. OF EDUC.

No. 18-1822.

917 F.3d 799 (2019)

Anthony ROBINSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Defendant-Appellee, and Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, d/b/a Fed Loan Servicing; Equifax Information Services, LLC; Experian Information Solutions, Inc.; Trans Union, LLC, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 6, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Quinn Breece Lobato , LOBATO LAW LLC, Lanham, Maryland, for Appellant. Sarah Wendy Carroll , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Joseph H. Hunt , Assistant Attorney General, Mark B. Stern , Civil Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C.; Robert K. Hur , United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Wilkinson wrote the opinion, in which Judge Diaz and Judge Floyd joined.


Appellant Anthony Robinson appeals the dismissal of his lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The district court found that it lacked jurisdiction over the claim because Congress had not waived sovereign immunity for suits under FCRA. It is settled law that...

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