Hughes v. Three Forks Regional Jail

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY CENTRAL DIVISION LEXINGTON KIMBERLY HUGHES, and ) JENNIFER SMITH, as ) Co-Administrators of the Estate of ) Clyde Smith, Jr., ) No. 5:19-CV-33-REW ) Plaintiffs, ) OPINION & ORDER ) v. ) ) THREE FORKS REGIONAL JAIL ) AUTHORITY, et al., ) ) Defendants. *** *** *** *** Clyde Smith, Jr. died after roughly 7 hours in custody at Three Forks Regional Jail.1 His daughters, as estate administrators,2 allege that unidentified Jail personnel knowingly and recklessly failed to provide Smith oxygen (and other medications) that his medical…