Corrections officer’s lawsuit is tossed out by court

By: Clark Kauffman

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: April 7, 2026

Words: 376

Last Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago

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A federal judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by a fired corrections officer who claimed he was wrongfully accused of sexual relations with an inmate.

In 2024, Jarrod Eugene Diers of Mahaska County sued the Ottumwa Residential Correctional Facility, a state-run work-treatment facility; its manager, Ted Robinson; Dan Fell, the director of the Eighth District of the Iowa Department of Corrections, and corrections employees Lisa Houk and Nycole Harbison.

The lawsuit initially sought unspecified …

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