U.S. appeals court: privacy visits.

• Position: Free Speech, Expression, Assoc.

Maydak v. U.S., 363 F.3d 512 (D.C.Cir. 2004). Inmates brought an action against the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) alleging that the BOP violated the Privacy Act and the statute that established Inmate Trust Funds by maintaining secret file photographs of inmates and their visitors. The district court entered judgment in favor of the BOP and the inmates appealed. The appeals court affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded. The appeals court held that the BOP's maintenance of copies...