U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Patrick Hately v. Dr. David Watts
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- Opinion
- Filed
- March 6, 2019
- Case
- Patrick Hately v. Dr. David Watts
- Case status
- Decided
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WYNN, Circuit Judge: Patrick Hately brought this action alleging that David Watts unlawfully accessed messages in Hately's web-based email account in violation of the Virginia Computer Crimes Act and the federal Stored Communications Act. But the district court found that Hately failed to demonstrate the requisite statutory injury under state law, and that Hately's previously opened a…
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