Dent v. Craig

1 Citing case

  1. Hickey v. Okla. Cnty. Sheriff's Dep't

    No. CIV-20-1134-R (W.D. Okla. Oct. 18, 2021)

    As a result, this Court has held that the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Department lacks capacity to be sued under Oklahoma law. West v. Okla. Cty. Jail, Case No. CIV-09-528-F, 2009 WL 1751468, at *2 (W.D. Okla. June 18, 2009); see also Dent v. Craig, 2020 WL 3578050, at *2 (E.D. Okla. July 1, 2020) (“With respect to the Wagoner County Sheriff's Department, courts in this circuit have repeatedly determined that local police departments do not have legal identities apart from the municipalities or counties they serve.”)