Opinion ID: 508924
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Heading: Claims for injunctive Relief Based Upon the Privacy Act

Text: 20 The district court concluded that the Privacy Act does not authorize entry of injunctive relief requiring return of the medical records to Doe, exclusion of that information from the grand jury, or a ban on disclosure by the U.S. Attorney and his staff. See District Court Opinion at 633-34. We agree. The Act's subsection on civil remedies authorizes entry of injunctive relief in only two specific situations. See 5 U.S.C. Sec. 552a(g)(2)(A) (authorizing courts to order agencies to amend an individual's record); 5 U.S.C. Sec. 552a(g)(2)(B) (authorizing entry of reasonable attorney's fees). In so doing, as we have held, the Act precludes other forms of declaratory and injunctive relief, including the orders sought by Doe. See, e.g., Hastings v. Judicial Conference of the United States, 770 F.2d 1093, 1104 (D.C.Cir.1985), cert. denied, 477 U.S. 904, 106 S.Ct. 3273, 91 L.Ed.2d 563 (1986); see also id. (citing cases from other circuits reaching same conclusion). 21