{"active":false,"first_name":"Manuel","last_name":"Cordova","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"DT1","command":{"command":"NARCBMN","assignment_date":"2008-03-12","id":"250"},"shield_no":225,"ended_date":"2025-02-03","taxid":"918880","complaint_ids":[201902130,201806662,201607942,201601273,200912745],"appt_date":"1997-04-15","middle_initial":"A","shield_no_history":[4655],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Ortiz, Robert J. vs Police Department, Nyc, et al.","start_date":"2019-06-27","disposition_date":"2022-11-07","payout_amount":20000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"19CV03522","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Cordova, Manuel","summary":"On August 18, 2017, police officers arrested plaintiff. One officer used a chokehold while plaintiff was being attacked and thrown to the ground. Once plaintiff was handcuffed, the officers picked him up and conducted a pat frisk. One officer touched plaintiff's private parts in a public area. Plaintiff sustained laceration to his rib cage and face and has suffered mental issues since the incident.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.514191/gov.uscourts.nysd.514191.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/14977638/ortiz-v-police-department-of-the-25th-precinct/"},{"name":"Harris, Tommy vs Det. Cordova, Manuel, et al.","start_date":"2019-04-08","disposition_date":"2022-06-17","payout_amount":85000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"150871/2019","court":"Supreme Court - New York","officer_name":"Cordova, Manuel","summary":"On January 27, 2016, plaintiff was lawfully inside of his apartment when defendant officers unlawfully entered his apartment and forcibly threw him on the ground and handcuffed him. Despite the fact that the defendant officers did not believe the plaintiff to pose a threat or danger to the officers, the plaintiff never verbally or physically threatened the officers, and the plaintiff did not resist arrest, he was subject to excessive force without justification during the arrest.\n\nAs a result of the excessive force used during the unlawful arrest, plaintiff suffered a torn rotator cuff, was forced to seek extensive medical treatment and eventually required surgery for the injuries he sustained. This has resulted in permanent physical and psychological injuries to the plaintiff.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=4vye5P8NwRs3NhJqnYSnsg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Sherrod, Robert vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-02-06","disposition_date":"2018-05-29","payout_amount":30000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"150737/2018","court":"Supreme Court - New York","officer_name":"Cordova, Manuel","summary":"On or about December 10, 2016 at approximately 9:30 am, Plaintiff was in the vicinity of West 165th Street and Broadway, in the City of New York where he was falsely accused of committing a crime. Plaintiff because of his age/ and or race was grabbed, handcuffed, searched, seized, assaulted, battered and detained in an excessive matter and was arrested by the NYPD, specifically Detective Manuel Cordova, Detective Tyrone Thompson, Police officer John Doe, and Police Officer John Roe. Defendants had no legal justification for their actions and Plaintiff was stop and searched because of the \"Stop Question and Frisk\" program. Plaintiff was taken to a police station where he was photographed and fingerprinted. While in Defendants custody Plaintiff was assaulted and battered, pushed and touched and handcuffed. Plaintiff suffered bodily injury to his head, neck, back, body and limbs. Plaintiff was arraigned and a criminal complaint was issued by Defendants without probable cause and the complaint was filed based on fraud, perjury and misrepresentations and Plaintiff was falsely prosecuted. Plaintiff was incarcerated for over 24 hours and had to make many court appearances. The charges were then terminated. Plaintiff sustained physical and emotional pain and injuries as a result of Defendants' actions.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=6vJtR0DFo4QrhDOUFA5zIA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Armstrong, Joshua vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-11-16","disposition_date":"2020-04-10","payout_amount":40000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"158455/2016","court":"Supreme Court - New York","officer_name":"Cordova, Manuel","summary":"On December 13, 2014, at approximately 5:00 PM, Plaintiff Joshua Armstrong, a Black man, was inside Prince Deli & Grocery on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan when members of the NYPD including Defendants Detective Sid Caesar, Detective Gregory Carty, Detective Manuel Cordova, Detective Jeff Harris, Sergeant Robert Kelly, and Detective Angus Mackenzie. Defendant Detective Caesar, without just cause or provocation, struck Plaintiff causing Plaintiff to sustain serious physical injuries. Each of the Defendants failed to intervene to stop the offense. The Defendants thereafter handcuffed Plaintiff and placed him under arrest for criminal sale of a controlled substance and initiated criminal proceedings against him, despite the Defendants’ knowledge that they lacked reasonable grounds or probable cause for doing so. Defendants did not make a full statement of facts to the District Attorney, withheld exculpatory evidence, and acted with malice in initiating and continuing criminal proceedings against Plaintiff. Defendants were motivated in part by the NYPD's custom of targeting minority males to meet arrest quotas.\n\nPlaintiff was taken to the 25th Precinct for processing, thereafter to Manhattan Central Booking for arraignment, and then to Rikers Island. Plaintiff was incarcerated from December 13, 2014 until December 17, 2014, when he was released from custody. On August 5, 2015, Plaintiff was acquitted of all charges. As a result of the incident and ensuing wrongful arrest, Plaintiff has sustained physical injuries, emotional distress, embarrassment, humiliation, and deprivation of his constitutional rights.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=_PLUS_IrqDHqVr_PLUS_rpcyDK2ZUPuA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Klein, Christian vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-09-13","disposition_date":"2018-05-10","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Order/Judgment (Verdict)","docket":"16CV06926","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Cordova, Manuel","summary":"Defendant Officers approached Plaintiff while he was walking down the street, searched him, arrested him, took him to the 25th Precinct, and charged him with possession of a controlled substance, which was ACD'd.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.462324/gov.uscourts.nysd.462324.25.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4524393/klein-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Campbell, Whalen vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-10-15","disposition_date":"2016-04-12","payout_amount":10001,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV06333","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Cordova, Manuel","summary":"First Incident: Plaintiff was in the park when someone offered to gamble with him.  Although he declined, Plainclothes officers approached him, unlawfully searched him, and handcuffed him and the other man. Plaintiff was brought to a precinct and given a DAT for 225.02 and 225.30(2). Charges were later dismissed 30.30Second Incident: Plaintiff was near the park when he was approached by and undercover soliciting drugs. Although Plaintiff ignored him, he was arrested, taken to the 25th Precinct, and charged with 221.40, which was later dismissed 30.30","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4921262-Campbell-v-City-of-New-York-et-al","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4355662/campbell-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Benks, Brandon vs Harris, Jeff, et al.","start_date":"2015-09-04","disposition_date":"2016-01-22","payout_amount":1000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV03201","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Cordova, Manuel","summary":"On March 5, 2014, Brandon Benks on 111th streeth when he was physically assaulted by P.O.s Roberto Cordero, Angus MacKenzie, Uke Evaristus, Jorge Tobon, Mark McDonald, Jeff Harris, Manuel Cordovoa, and Gregory Carty causing two teeth to break and his right rotator cuff to be torn. P.O.s broke Benks phone card and tablet and took money from him. P.O.s strip searched him on the street and in public.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4928002-Benks-v-Cordero-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.426761/gov.uscourts.nysd.426761.61.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13245451/benks-v-cordero/"},{"name":"Siler, Omar vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2015-01-13","disposition_date":"2015-06-29","payout_amount":17000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV00189","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Cordova, Manuel","summary":"On May 31, 2014, the Plaintiff, Mr. Omar Siler, was sitting outside his friend's apartment building, waiting to be buzzed into the building. A man leaving the building held the door open for Mr. Siler, and as Mr. Siler approached the door, a Defendant undercover NYPD officer in plain clothes, who did not identify himself, chased Mr. Siler into the building, up to the roof, and down the fire escape to the building's backyard. Once Mr. Siler reached the backyard, a group of individual defendant officers standing behind a gate shouted at him to get on the ground, while one pointed his gun at him. Mr. Siler lay on the ground. For a few minutes, the defendants tried to figure out how to get around the gate and into the backyard. During this time, they continued shouting at him. This include curses and threats to shoot him if he moved. When one defendant finally reached Mr. Siler, he kicked and stomped Mr. Siler repeatedly in the shoulder, torso, and head, and viciously pulled Mr. Siler's arm behind his back while still applying force to his prone torso. That defendant then handcuffed Mr. Siler behind his back and took him to the front of the building. There, one of the defendants strip searched Mr. Siler, and inserted his fingers into his anus to search his anal cavity. No drugs or contraband were recovered from this search. \nMr. Siler was placed in a police van, where he was kept for about six hours while the police picked up other arrestees. Then, he was taken to a precinct, where he was again strip searched. This search involved an order to Mr. Siler to manipulate his genitals as well as a visual inspection of his anus. At the precinct, Defendant NYPD Detective Harris tried to convince Mr. Siler to confess to selling drugs. After a few hours at the Precinct, Mr. Siler was taken to Central Booking. The DA declined to press charges. Plaintiff was brought before a judge on a separate earlier unresolved charge, which the judge dismissed on the spot, setting Mr. Siler free immediately. After he was released, Mr. Siler went to the hospital, because he needed treatment due to the beating he received from the police.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.437149/gov.uscourts.nysd.437149.9.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/17493888/siler-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Johnson, Timothy vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-03-01","disposition_date":"2014-03-28","payout_amount":30000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV01401","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Cordova, Manuel","summary":"On or about March 4th, 2010, Plaintiff was lawfully a pedestrian in a public place. Defendants, Detective Cordova, Detective Carty, and/or other NYPD officers accosted, chased, and assaulted Plaintiff, shook Plaintiff, and caused him to fall off a cliff, which caused him to sustain a fractured leg. The arresting officer(s) shook and brutally manhandled Plaintiff during their stop and interrogation, resulting in his falling to the ground and sustaining severe injuries. Defendant police officers then arrested and detained Plaintiff, handcuffed him, and failed to provide sufficient medical attention. Each Defendant police officer observed other detectives and officers or defendants violate Plaintiff’s rights under the Constitution but failed to intervene.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.408488/gov.uscourts.nysd.408488.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13053922/johnson-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Chiclana, Rosa vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-02-14","disposition_date":"2013-05-16","payout_amount":25000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV00993","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Cordova, Manuel","summary":"On May 26, 2012, Plaintiff was coming into her NYCHA building when officers began to surround her mother, who was nearby.   Plaintiff informed them her mother was mentally ill, and then left for her stairwell.   As Plaintiff passed two officers, one of them struck her head from behind.  Defendant Officer Mitchell Atiles began dragging her by her hair while kicking her.  Other officers watched and berated the Plaintiff.  Plaintiff was cuffed and thrown into the back of a police SUV with her mother and held there for approximately 5 hours.  The Plaintiff was eventually taken to the 33rd Precinct where she was handcuffed to a bench.  There she was interrogated and offered $100 and cigarettes to inform on her neighbors.  After four additional hours she was released with a desk ticket false attested to by Defendant Officer Atiles for disorderly conduct.  Plaintiff attended three hearings before the prosecution moved to dismiss the ticket.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.407861/gov.uscourts.nysd.407861.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/12963191/chiclana-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"officer_name":"Cordova, Manuel","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2011-09-26","disposition_date":"2013-11-12","court":"Supreme Court - New York","docket":"110941/2011","name":"Escobar, Maritza, et Al vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":55000},{"officer_name":"Cordova, Manuel","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2011-06-03","disposition_date":"2015-05-13","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","docket":"10CV08089","name":"Duncan, Danton Keith vs P.O. Cardova, Manuel, et al.","payout_amount":25000,"summary":"Defendant officers performed a full-body search on plaintiff and a strip search on suspicion of narcotics sale. Defendant officers took plaintiff's medication. Plaintiff believes evidence in his favor was withheld from trial. Complaint was placed at the 30th precinct.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5378166-Duncan-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4348303/duncan-v-people-of-the-state-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Vinces v. New York City Transit Authority","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","docket":"009790/2010","officer_name":"Manuel A. Cordova"},{"name":"Escobar et al v. The City of New York et al","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","disposition":"Dismissed without Prejudice","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4928004-Escobar-et-al-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"docket":"11CV00358","officer_name":"Manuel A. Cordova"},{"name":"Smith v. 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