A protestor holds a sign protesting the death of Jeremy S. Marr near the Glasgow Police Department on Thursday, April 16, 2020, which was days after Marr died while in police custody . The protest was held in the lawn across the street from the police department’s headquarters along Pin Oak Lane.
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BY BRENNAN D. CRAIN, WCLU News
BOWLING GREEN — An Allen County man who died while in police custody in Glasgow is the subject of an ongoing federal lawsuit.
An order was filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky on May 23. The order describes several filing deadlines and procedural implications, which are mainly directives for attorneys involved in the case.
Jeremy S. Marr, of Scottsville, died while in police custody on April 14, 2020, after an apparent struggle with officers. His estate, wife and minor child filed suit on March 19, 2021.
The city of Glasgow and three police officers – Hayden Phillips, Guy J. Turcotte and Cameron Murrell – are named in the suit. A previous order written by Greg N. Stivers entered March 22 detailed that the suit would be allowed to move forward one year after it was filed.
The first deadline set in the most recent order is Oct. 31, 2022, which requires the suit’s parties to file all motions to join additional parties. Pretrial fact, discovery and discovery depositions of expert witnesses must be completed by May 1, 2023.
Other dates in the case include deadlines for disclosures of expert testimony, which may be used at trial. Marr’s estate has until Jan. 16, 2023, to inform the court whose testimonies will be used at trial. The officers and the city must file those disclosures no later than March 15, 2023.
Dispositive motions must be submitted no later than May 30, 2023. A dispositive motion is one seeking a judge to either dismiss or adjudicate a case without a continuation of a trial.
The officers were dismissed in their official capacity but are being sued as individuals. The police department was dismissed from the suit, but the city of Glasgow remains named.
