Civil lawsuit filed in 2016 Muskogee jail death case
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February 1, 2018
MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) — The family of an Oklahoma man who died in 2016 while in custody at the Muskogee County jail has filed a civil lawsuit.
The lawsuit was filed Monday against individuals working in the facility, supervisors of the workers and the Muskogee County commissioners, the Muskogee Phoenix reported. It seeks damages in excess of $75,000.
The lawsuit alleges that jailers Jacob Slay and Dakota West forcibly moved Marvin A. Rowell into a restraint chair, which caused him to fall down and strike his head on a concrete floor. It calls the decision unjustifiable.
"As defendants West and...
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