Opinion
Civil No. 11-885-TC
01-17-2012
MONTE CALLAWAY, Plaintiff, v. STEVE SHELTON, et al., Defendants.
ORDER
HOGAN, District Judge.
Plaintiff, an inmate in the custody of the Oregon Department of Corrections, filed a complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that defendants violated his civil rights by providing inadequate medical care for various alleged ailments.
Plaintiff refused to sign a HIPPA complaint release document 16, 2011, defendant's Motion to inspect and copy plaintiff's Medical Records was allowed.
Plaintiff has filed a motion "demand[ing] that all information obtained by defendants counsel through this invasion of privacy be secured by court seal and/or destroyed." Motion for Injunction (#43) p. 1.
Defendants are entitled to plaintiff's medical records in order to defend plaintiff's claims.
Plaintiff has failed to demonstrate that he has sustained or is immediately in danger of sustaining some direct injury as a result of the disclosure of his medical records to defendants. Los Angeles v. Lyons. 461 U.S. 95 (1983).
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Michael R. Hogan
United States District Judge