Former Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill must face an excessive force lawsuit filed by a former jail detainee whose placement in a restraint chair led in part to Hill’s criminal conviction and prison sentence for violating detainees’ civil rights.
Hill argued he was immune to Glenn Howell’s excessive force claim because he ordered Howell’s restraint in 2020 as part of his sheriff duties, which included keeping the county jail safe. On Tuesday, the Atlanta-based federal appeals court rejected that theory.
The court cited its April 2024 decision to uphold Hill’s conviction on charges he violated the civil rights of Howell and other jail detainees by forcing them into restraint chairs…