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Texas Prisoners Have No Right to Record Requests

Loaded on Dec. 15, 2007

Filed under: Medical, Medical Records, Disclosure of Records. Location: Texas.

Texas State prisoner Larry Moore sought review of a 1996 dismissal of his writ of mandamus petition challenging limited access to his medical records by custodian Pamela Henry. Dismissal was affirmed because prisoners have no statutory right to request records in Texas.

Henry initially approved Moore's records request but allegedly ...

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