A federal judge has dismissed wrongful death claims against a Georgia sheriff sued by the family of a man who died in jail after deputies strapped him into a chair and shocked him four times with a stun gun.
Mathew Ajibade (ah-ji-BAH-dee) died at the Chatham County jail in Savannah following a bloody brawl with deputies who were trying to book him on a domestic violence charge in January 2015. Ajibade’s family filed a civil suit in U.S. District Court against the sheriff, several deputies and the jail’s medical contractor.
U.S. District Court Judge R. Stan Baker ruled March 28 there was no evidence to fault Sheriff John Wilcher with rights violations in Ajibade’s death. He also dismissed civil claims against two jailers.
Civil claims against others are still pending.
