Cooper
Cooper v. Federal Aviation Administration
Opinion
Opinion
Walker, J.
ORDER
A good many laudable public policies collide in the facts at bar. These include policies to ensure the safety of the nation’s airways, to root out waste, fraud and abuse in the Social Security system and to secure personal privacy of citizens with a leitmotif of policies against discrimination. None of these policies decides this case. Rather, the court is constrained to apply the express language of the statute under which plaintiff proceeds as interpreted by the Supreme Court.
Stanmore Cawthon Cooper alleges violations of the Privacy Act, 5 USC § 552a, in an amended complaint filed on July 10, 2007. Doc. # 26. On April 28, 2008, Cooper moved for partial summary judgment on liability, Doc. # 66, and on May 1, 2008, defendants Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”), Social Security Administration (“FAA”) and United States Department of Transportation (“DOT”) moved for summary judgment contending that they had no liability to Cooper. Doc. # 100. For the reasons discussed below, the court agrees with the defendants that Cooper’s motion for partial summary judgment must be DENIED, and their motion for summary judgment is GRANTED.