CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The estate of an Akron man who died at the Summit County Jail after guards placed him in restraints filed suit against the Sheriff's Office and the jail's medical providers saying the man was subjected to excessive force.

Antony Jones, 36, died in September 2017. The Summit County Medical Examiner determined his manner of death to be "undetermined: Cardiac arrest during active restraint while in custody," the Sheriff's Office previously said in a news release.

Jones was in jail for a few weeks on weapons charges. The wrongful death lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal court by attorney Nicholas DiCello, says he suffered from a myriad of mental-health issues and that he was diagnosed with schizophrenia when he was held on a previous occasion.

In that instance, medical staff recommended he stay in the jail's mental-health pod and receive proper care, the lawsuit says. That did not happen in August 2017. Jail medical staff did not order Antony to receive medication and the altercation between guards and Jones ultimately led to Jones' death, according to the lawsuit.

The lawsuit names several Sheriff's Office deputies as defendants. It also lists Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Summit Psychological Associates and staff members for both companies, as they provided medical services at the jail.

The estate is seeking an unspecified amount in damages.

The lawsuit says jail guards erred when they placed Jones in the general housing unit in August 2017, despite having access to his medical and mental-health records.

Jones exhibited erratic behavior on Sept. 1, 2017, and guards told him they were going to take him to the "hole." When Jones pulled away, a guard slammed him to the ground, and he was held down and assaulted by jail staff, the lawsuit states.

Jones struggled and guards used a Taser on him several times, including at least three times directly over his heart, according to the suit.

They eventually placed Jones in a restraint chair and continued to hit him after he was restrained, according to the lawsuit. He was then found not to be breathing and was taken to Akron General Hospital, where he died the next day, the suit states.

The case is assigned to U.S. District Judge John Adams.

The Stark County Prosecutor's Office investigated Jones' death and cleared jail officials of any criminal wrongdoing.

A spokesman for the Sheriff's Office declined comment.

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