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Delprete made the false allegations.  Case was dismissed and sealed.  Second incident: Plaintiff was parking at his home when officers rushed up and searched the car, finding prescription oxycodone and alprazolam. When Plaintiff asked a neighbor to go get his prescription which officers ignored and arrested Plaintiff and his wife. Luppino filed false charges which were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919599-Seton-et-al-v-The-City-of-New-York"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/12957607/seton-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"officer_name":"Cognato, Lawrence","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2012-08-28","disposition_date":"2013-03-05","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","docket":"12CV04114","name":"Gibson, Elizabeth, et Al vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":36000,"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919609-Gibson-et-al-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6081218/gibson-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"officer_name":"Cognato, Lawrence","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2012-07-18","disposition_date":"2013-08-19","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","docket":"12CV03227","name":"Smirnov, Alexander vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":30000,"summary":"Officer stopped and searched Plaintiff in front of his home and recovered a legally prescribed Alprazolam pill. However, Officers Cognato and Desantis arrested, detained, and falsely charged Plaintiff. Hillery failed to intervene.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919567-Smirnov-v-The-City-of-New-York"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4556649/smirnov-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"officer_name":"Cognato, Lawrence","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2012-02-28","disposition_date":"2014-05-22","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","docket":"12CV00750","name":"Stewart, Sean vs City of New York, et al.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919468-Stewart-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.327270/gov.uscourts.nyed.327270.10.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"payout_amount":50000,"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13048878/stewart-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Brown et al v. 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The City of New York et al","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","payout_amount":22500,"disposition":"Settlement","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919152-A-C-et-al-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"docket":"10CV08438","officer_name":"Lawrence A. Cognato"},{"name":"Offley v. The City of New York et al","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","payout_amount":17250,"disposition":"Settlement","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919427-Offley-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919426-Offley-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"docket":"11CV09214","officer_name":"Lawrence A. Cognato"}],"id":"KJSZ","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/KJSZ"}