$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 …

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