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Virginia Prisoner Awarded $5,000 in Suit Alleging Retaliation for Reporting Abuse by Guard, But So Far Unable to Collect
Loaded on June 29, 2022
by Douglas Ankney
Filed under:
Guard Misconduct,
Retaliation for Filing Grievances,
Guard Brutality/Beatings.
Location:
Virginia.
by Douglas Ankney
On November 4, 2020, U.S. Magistrate Judge Joel C. Hoppe of the Western District of Virginia recommended an award of $5,000 plus costs to prisoner Plaintiff Erin D. Proctor in his claiming former Virginia Department of Corrections (DOC) guard Robert Jefferson abused him and then …
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