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Tulsa Country Sheriff Drops Lawsuit Against State Department Of Corrections

Tulsa County Sheriff's Department

Tulsa County Sheriff Stanley Glanz says he's dropping his lawsuit against the state Department of Corrections.

Glanz had filed the lawsuit last year — asking the court to order the corrections department to take state inmates that were being held in the Tulsa Jail.

Glanz told the Tulsa World that under new DOC director Robert Patton, state inmates are being moved out of the jail quickly.

Patton called the dismissal of the lawsuit "a pleasant surprise.

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