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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Nashville man who has mental impairments has sued state prison officials in federal court, charging that he was beaten bloody while jailed near Kingston, Tenn.
Attorneys with the Disability Law and Advocacy Center of Tennessee filed the lawsuit Thursday on behalf of 25-year-old Kyle Kirchner, charging that his rights under the U.S. Constitution and the Americans with Disabilities Act were violated in a Nov. 16, 2012 attack.
A spokeswoman for the Tennessee Department of Corrections declined to comment on the pending lawsuit, which names the department, Commissioner Derrick Schofield, Morgan County Correctional Complex Warden Tony Howerton, and two former guards, Arron Silviera and Jonathan Edgemon.
Howerton remains employed and the two guards have been terminated, the spokeswoman said.
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