Corrections deputies acted lawfully when they were involved in a March 20 struggle with a jail inmate who later died, according to a written finding by Clark County Prosecuting Attorney Tony Golik.

“The actions of the involved deputies were clearly the type of force ‘necessarily used by a public officer in the performance of a legal duty,’ ” according to the document.

Mycheal J. Lynch, 32, died on March 22, two days after he was restrained by deputies who were trying to relocate him to another part of the Clark County Jail.

Following the death, the Vancouver Police Department conducted an independent investigation and forwarded the material to the prosecuting attorney’s office. Golik reviewed the information and released his findings to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office in a report on Aug. 12.

The attorneys representing the estate of Mycheal Lynch said that Lynch’s family was upset that they hadn’t been notified of the prosecuting attorneys findings in a timely manner. They also said they were disheartened to learn that the sheriff’s office didn’t seek an agency outside of Clark County to conduct the independent investigation because of what they call obvious conflicts.