Named in 8 known lawsuits, $403,000 total settlements.
Elliot, Patrick vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 527041/2022,
Supreme Court - Kings, October 13, 2022
Linton, Marland vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 18CV04958,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, September 12, 2018, ended October 20, 2020
$50,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On July 27, 2016, Marland Linton was falsely arrested on the basis of false testimony from Undercover Officer 217. Linton spent six months in federal jail as a result of false testimony accusing him of selling narcotics until the case against him was dismissed.
Jaime, Luis Jimmy, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 17CV08575,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, November 13, 2017, ended November 8, 2018
$21,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 24, 2017, ten NYPD officers entered plaintiffs' apartment at 285 Throop Avenue in Brooklyn with guns drawn. The unidentified officers thew plaintiff Luis Jimmy Jaime on his head, face down, handcuffed him, and picked him up by both arms. The officers ignored plaintiffs' request to loosen his handcuffs, and his wrists swelled and bruised. The officers refused to show a warrant, and opened multiple safes in the department, taking plaintiff's life savings. An officer struck plaintiff Luis Jame on his back with a closed fist while plaintiff was walking away from a safe. Plaintiff's life savings, constituting $6,000, were taken by the arresting officers, along with $47,000 belonging to plaintiff Javier Ja...
Hoyte, Dameon vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 17CV01269,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, March 17, 2017, ended June 5, 2018
$5,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: The plaintiff was smoking a cigarette on the sidewalk when he was approached by the defendant offices. The plaintiff along with three other individuals were all put against the wall, frisked, searched, and handcuffed. The defendant officer searched in the gated front area of the residence they were all outside of when he allegedly retrieved a handgun wrapped in a ski mask. The plaintiff was under arrest and taken to the 73rd Precinct. He was charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the second and fourth degree and criminal possession of a firearm. The charges were dismissed.
Callender, Elliott vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV01706,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, April 20, 2016, ended January 2, 2018
$15,000 Settlement
Complaint,
Amended Complaint
Description: Plaintiff was outside in a friend's backyard, smoking a cigarette when he heard a loud noise, people screaming, and people telling to get on the floor and not move. Plaintiff ran out of the backyard and jumped over a fence and hid. Eventually, officers found him on the rear of 618 Macon Street, Brooklyn, NY with their weapons drawn. Officers ordered plaintiff to get on his knees and put his hands behind his back and complied. Officers then forced his face to the ground, punched and kicked him in the arms. While Plaintiff asked that they stop, one officer put him in a submission hold by putting his knee on the back of the plaintiffs neck. Once they stopped, officers searched and searched and found nothing on the...
Whittington, Nickya, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV00067,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, January 14, 2013, ended October 25, 2013
$162,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On December 10, 2011, Plaintiffs were lawfully present inside a private residence in Brooklyn when Defendant Officer Nicoletti and others forcefully entered the premises without displaying a warrant or having consent of those who lived there. Defendant Officers, with weapons drawn, physically threw some Plaintiffs to the floor, while handcuffing all Plaintiffs and arresting them. Plaintiffs were then transported to the precinct where most of them remained for many hours before being transported to central booking where they spent several more hours. Eventually all Plaintiffs were released and the District Attorney declined to prosecute.
Penel et al v. Slavin et al
Case # 11CV05195,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$150,000 Settlement
Complaint
Holley v. City of New York et al
Case # 12CV02410,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
Settlement
Amended Complaint,
Stipulation