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Anthony Galley

died February 15, 2022 · Sacramento County Main Jail, Sacramento County, California

Anthony Galley died on February 15, 2022, at the Sacramento County Main Jail in Sacramento, California. The Fisher lawsuit and a separate suit filed on behalf of Galley's family attribute a seizure to severe alcohol withdrawal. The family's suit says jail staff failed to provide withdrawal treatment. Galley is named in the suits, which are the only accounts of the death cited here.

Cause of death, as reported: Died from neglect by staff (disputed). The Fisher lawsuit and a separate suit filed for Galley's family say he died of a seizure caused by severe alcohol withdrawal that jail staff failed to treat.

Reported by: the Fisher lawsuit (family or their lawyers); a separate suit filed on behalf of Galley's family (family or their lawyers).

Lawsuit: His family filed a lawsuit alleging that Sacramento County Main Jail staff failed to provide treatment for the alcohol withdrawal that led to his fatal seizure in February 2022, and a separate suit also followed his death; no settlement or award amount has been reported.

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