Lawyers for Walker County Sheriff Nick Smith ask judge to remove him from inmate death lawsuit Internewscast

WALKER COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — Attorneys for the top law enforcement official in Walker County are asking a judge to remove him from a lawsuit from the family of an inmate who died in police custody in January. On Monday, the legal team for Walker County Sheriff Nick Smith filed a motion to dismiss him from a lawsuit involving the death of Anthony “Tony” Mitchell, whose family claims he was abused while in custody at the county jail, that he was denied medical and mental health treatment for weeks and that, at one point, he was kept in a cold…