The father of a woman who died in the Sebastian County Adult Detention Center now represents her estate in a wrongful death lawsuit originally filed by her ex-husband in U.S. District Court in Fort Smith.

The lawsuit filed Dec. 23 by Gordon Potter, identified as special administrator of Amanda Potter's estate, alleges that the failure of detention center staff to provide Amanda Potter with medical attention led to her death.

Sebastian County, Sheriff Bill Hollenbeck, County Judge David Hudson and the County Quorum Court are named as defendants.

An autopsy determined Amanda Dawn Potter's July 19, 2014, death was an accident, caused by "combined drug toxicity," with benzodiazepine, methadone, amitriptyline, oxycodone and marijuana in her system, according to a report from Prosecuting Attorney Dan Shue.

In January, Amanda Potter's father, Scott Courtney, represented by Little Rock attorney Matthew Campbell, filed a petition to supplant Gordon Potter, identified in court documents as Amanda Potter's ex-husband and father of Amanda Potter's daughter, as plaintiff in the lawsuit.

In his order issued Wednesday, District Court Judge P.K. Holmes III noted that Gordon Potter was erroneously appointed special administrator of Amanda Potter's estate by a Sebastian County Circuit Court judge in October, after Scott Courtney was previously appointed special administrator in September.

Gordon Potter's appointment was revoked Feb. 3, clearing the way to substitute Courtney as the plaintiff, according to Holmes' order.

In a report released in September, Shue determined there was no criminal liability in Potter's death.

Amanda Potter, 39, of Panama was arrested July 18 for multiple traffic violations and misdemeanor warrants from Crawford and Sebastian counties.

During the booking process at the detention center, Amanda Potter was placed in a holding cell after she continued to fall asleep; there she was monitored every 15 to 30 minutes, and a nurse was called to examine her after she vomited, according to the report.

The nurse recommended activated charcoal tablets and laxatives, and Amanda Potter remained in the holding cell where she was later discovered nonresponsive during a periodic check around 4 a.m. July 19, according to the report.

Potter was transported to Sparks where she was pronounced dead.

Gordon Potter was seeking a declaration that Amanda Potter's Eighth Amendment rights were violated; the Eighth Amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. The suit also sought injunctive relief to prevent a future occurrence of similar circumstances; an unspecified amount of compensatory damages; punitive damages; and attorney fees and costs.

It remains to be seen if Campbell amends the complaint, but Holmes gave Campbell until March 23 to file a response to a defense motion seeking to dismiss the quorum court as a defendant.