The following excerpt is from Curtis v. Padua, CASE NO. 1:15-cv-01682-MJS (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2015):
expectation of privacy in prison treatment records when the state has a legitimate penological interest in access to them." Seaton v. Mayberg, 610 F.3d 530, 534 (9th Cir. 2010). Examples of such an interest include the need "to protect prison staff and other prisoners from communicable diseases and violence, and to manage rehabilitative efforts." Id. at 534-35.
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