TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A federal judge has denied requests by Tulsa County officials and its former sheriff for a new trial in a case involving a man's 2011 jail death.

A federal jury found last year that the Sheriff's Office and former Sheriff Stanley Glanz violated Elliott Williams' civil rights while he was held at Tulsa County jail. The jury awarded his estate a $10.25 million judgment.

The Tulsa World reports that the county and Glanz requested both a new trial and that U.S. District Judge John Dowdell consider overturning the jury verdict and instead rule in their favor.

But Dowdell de...