TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Dec 13, 2022

Davidson County Chancellor I'Ashea L. Myles this week ruled that a Tennessee man on death row must exhaust the prison grievance process before his case can continue, the Tennessean reports. Henry Hodges filed a lawsuit over the psychological and physical care he received after an October incident in which he severely injured his own genitals. He was kept in full restraints nearly continuously for eight days after the incident. Myles stayed the case over a procedural need to exhaust the state's internal process, but expressed frustration with the narrow avenue prisoners have to raise issues with their care in extreme situations like Hodges'. News outlets the Associated Press and the Nashville Banner have filed freedom of information motions over the case. The AP is fighting the state’s request for a protective order that would seal broad categories of documents. The Banner seeks to unseal all documents that have already been filed.