Opinion ID: 494572
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Heading: the agencies' appeal

Text: 32 The agencies cross-appeal from the District Court's denial of their motion for partial summary judgment. 95 Before trial, HHS offered to destroy all copies of the reprimand letter in its possession, 96 but Reuber rejected this overture, insisting that the agency also declare that the letter was being eliminated from its records because it was false and defamatory. HHS then moved for summary judgment on Reuber's claims under Subsections (d)(2) and (d)(3). 97 HHS reasoned that since elimination of the letter from the records was the only sought-after relief to which the Privacy Act entitled Reuber, the proposal to destroy the letter mooted any claim based upon its alleged inaccuracy. 98 The District Court, however, ruled that this reading of the remedies available under the Privacy Act [was] too narrow, 99 and permitted Reuber's claims to go forward to trial.
33 The Privacy Act specifies in pertinent part that 34 [e]ach agency that maintains a system of records shall-- 35