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Parents of John Adena, Shasta County Jail Inmate Beaten to Death By Deputies, File Federal Civil Rights Wrongful Death Lawsuit
OAKLAND, Calif., April 29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Civil rights law firm Haddad & Sherwin LLP announced today it has filed a federal civil rights wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of the parents of John Adena against Shasta County, its former Sheriff-Coroner Tom Bosenko, former jail commander Captain Dave Kent, several correctional deputies, the County’s for-profit jail medical provider Wellpath LLC, and three of its employees. The claim results from the beating death of 31-year-old John Adena, after a month in jail that involved repeated beatings by jail deputies. Mr. Adena was arrested on August 21, 2019, following a mental health incident in which he was accused of having ‘shoulder checked’ an employee at a