A motion to dismiss claims against two Newark police officers in a federal lawsuit over the 2012 suicide of an inmate at the city jail has been denied by U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty. Krovatin Klingeman is representing the inmate’s estate. Below is an excerpt from the Star-Ledger article.
Two Newark police officers have lost their motion to dismiss claims against them in a federal lawsuit over the 2012 suicide of an inmate at the city jail.
In a Nov. 6 decision, U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty denied the motion of Officers Charles Matos and Roger Harris to dismiss the claims they are to blame for the death of 19-year-old Jason Lowther, who hung himself with his shirt on May 5, 2012 in his cell at the city’s holding facility on Green Street.
The motion centers on the timing of when the two officers were added as defendants in the lawsuit being pursed by Lowther’s estate, which also is suing Newark, the city’s police department and other police personnel.
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