768 F. Supp. 2d 154 - Cloonan v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “Armstrong involved a plaintiff whose attempt to obtain employment at the USDA was sabotaged after six USDA employees received anonymous letters disclosing that the plaintiff was the subject of an on-going investigation at the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration’s office, where he had been employed. 608 F.3d at 856 . Without knowing who wrote the letters, the plaintiff sued his former office, alleging that information about the investigation in the letters was drawn from his records at the agency, and thus the disclosures were in violation of the Privacy Act. Id. at 857 . Immediately prior to trial, it was disclosed that the letters had been written by the plaintiff’s coworker at his old office. Id. At trial, however, the co-worker denied “getting the information in the letters from any of the ... supervisors involved in the investigation or from records of the investigation,” and insisted that she “based the letters upon independent sources — the rumor mill, her original complaint, and her own observations, assumptions and speculations.” Id. Based on this testimony, the district court dismissed the plaintiffs claims. Id.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 797 F. Supp. 2d 29 - Feldman v. Central Intelligence Agency

2. “there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dinh Tran v. Dep't of Treasury