Legal Opinion
Denise Coley v. Lucas County, Ohio
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 21, 2015No. 14-3134, 14-3136, 14-3137PublishedCited by 283 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JANE B. STRANCH, Circuit Judge.
The family of Carlton Benton, a pretrial detainee, was told that he died of natural causes in the Lucas County jail in 2004. This case, alleging claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law, was brought in 2008 when family members discovered that jail employees had shoved Benton to a cement floor, held him in a chokehold to the point of unconsciousness, left him to die in his cell, and then engaged in a cover-up with the aid of their Sheriff. The district court refused to grant the motions to dismiss of Officer Jay Schmeltz, Sergeant John Gray, and Sheriff…
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