Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 2015

Loyd Landon Sorrow v. Harris County

Loyd Landon Sorrow v. Harris County
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided December 29, 2015

Loyd Landon Sorrow v. Harris County

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Be^onee to Letter dafcsaS C3/Q3/11 Mr. Sorrow, the tnedical records department received your letter on 3/23/11 re questing a complete copy of your inmate medical records* you also stated in your letter "For over 9 \ years I have tried to retrieve copies of wy medical and mental health care records ..." Mr. Sorrow, first sn6 foremost, piease accept icy sincere apology for the diff iculty you experinced in trying to obtain copies of your medical records here at the Sheriff© Of! ice*. I would alao like to point out that the inmate raedical records includes all mental and medical service treatments you received while here at the ;jail. % records indicate that we received a letter/request from you on 11/14/03 and the letter/request was sent bacte to you asking for more identifying inform ation (SPMj in order to complete your request. On 12/18/03 we received a letter/ request from you requesting copies of your medical records and we ..sailed a total of 14 page® to you on 12/23/03. Again on 1/8/04 we received a letter/ recjueet from you requesting copies of your reedicsl records and we mailed a total of 35 pages to you on 1/14/04. We did not receive any requests from you in 2005, 2006, 2007 , 2008, 2009, or 2010.

After receivin9 your letter on 3/23/11 we contacting the Harris County Arc hives Records Center m6 was notified on 3/30/11 that your medical records vere destroyed on 9/l&/J£>~ in accordance to state and federal guidelines. giocerplyrN rle Pr5.ce, RHIA Medical Records r*.ana§er Harris County Sheriffs Office 3-30-11

I, Lcyd London Sorrow, Do declare, under penalty of perjury, that this ie true and correct textual copy of the original letter I received" form'the Harris County Sheriffs Office.

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