A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Tarrant County and a jail commissary company, ruling there wasn’t enough evidence to show they are responsible for the death of a man who overdosed on fentanyl behind bars.
Trelynn Wormley died in 2022, months into his jail stay. An investigation found that a commissary worker, Aaliyah Lyles, smuggled in the drugs that killed him, according to the lawsuit.
Wormley’s mother, Cassandra Johnson, sued Tarrant County and the Keefe commissary company, alleging the sheriff’s office allows “deadly drugs to come into and run rampant throughout its correctional facilities.” The lawsuit also accused the jail of disregarding incarcerated people’s medical and mental health issues…