Cortez v. City of New York et al
Case # 16CV01346,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$10,000 Settlement
Complaint,
Amended Complaint
Description: Defendant Officers pulled over a car in which Plaintiff was a passenger, searched him and the car, and allegedly found a marijuana cigarette and a gravity knife. Although the other passengers admitted that the contraband was theirs, defendant officers strip-searched Plaintiff in public, arrested him, took him to the 108th Precinct, and charged him with possession of a weapon and marijuana, which were ACD'd.