Ray v. Anoka County, No. 14-3151 (8th Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CasePlaintiffs, Minnesota driver's license holders, filed suit against local entities, Law Enforcement Does, Commissioners, and DPS Does, alleging that defendants violated the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act (DPPA), 18 U.S.C. 2721-2725, by accessing or disclosing personal information from the DPS database without a permissible purpose. The district courts dismissed the actions for failure to state a claim. The present appeals raise issues similar to those presented in the court's opinion in McDonough v. Anoka County and are governed by the court's holding in that case. McDonough discussed the history, purpose, and applicability of the DPPA. The court addressed the individual complaints in this group of cases and affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded for further proceedings.
Court Description: Wollman, Author, with Loken and Bye, Circuit Judges] Civil case - Driver's Privacy Protection Act. For the court's prior opinion dealing with the history, purpose and applicability of the Driver's Privacy Protection Act, see McDonough v. Anoka County, 799 F.3d (8th Cir. 2015), cert. denied, 136 S.Ct 2388 (2016). This opinion deals with thirteen consolidated appeals involving thirteen plaintiffs and hundreds of defendants, alleging hundreds of incidents of misuse of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety's database of driver's license data. The district courts dismissed the actions for failure to state a claim. Some of the dismissals are affirmed, while others are reversed in part and remanded for further proceedings. Please refer to the opinion for additional details.
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