$500 Default Judgement in Female Michigan Prisoner’s Pro Se Excessive-Force Claim

Loaded on Jan. 1, 2022 published in Verdict1 January, 2022, page 43

Filed under: Gender Discrimination -- Women, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements. Location: Michigan.

A Michigan federal district court awarded a $493.80 default judgement on October 29, 2020, to a prisoner in a civil rights action alleging excessive use of force by guards at Huron Valley Correctional Facility in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

The prisoner, Donna K. Scrivo, had alleged her Eighth Amendment guarantee of protection ...

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