TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Jan 17, 2023

Davidson County Chancellor I'Ashea Myles has ruled against the state’s request to prevent public disclosure of records detailing the treatment of death row inmate Henry Hodges, the Tennessean reports. Hodges filed suit over the psychological and physical care he received after an October incident in which he severely injured his own genitals. The Associated Press and the Nashville Banner filed freedom of information motions over the records the state had sealed, including video footage of Hodges taken inside Riverbend Maximum Security Prison in Nashville. Myles ruled that all content produced in the course of discovery is subject to the court order to "unseal certain portions of the judicial records" and to "conduct further in camera review" of any other portions that remain under seal.