Kenneth C. Lehr

Lawsuits

Named in 14 known lawsuits, $782,513 total settlements.

Baizan, Roy, et Al vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 804592/2023E, Supreme Court - Bronx, March 28, 2023

Ugurlu, Ali, et Al vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 801554/2022E, Supreme Court - Bronx, March 10, 2022

Curran-Groome, Elizabeth vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 22CV00710, U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, December 28, 2021, ended March 17, 2023
$50,001 Settlement
Complaint

Deluca, Marie, et Al vs Police Department, Nyc.
Case # 21CV10777, U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, November 18, 2021, ended May 30, 2023
$175,000 Settlement

Rodriguez, Shellyne, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 21CV10815, U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, November 18, 2021
Complaint

Sukana, Alyssa, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 21CV10899, U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, November 18, 2021, ended May 8, 2023
$78,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On June 4, 2020 in connection with a larger protest about the killing of George Floyd, Plaintiffs Alyssa Sukana was part of a group of protestors who was trapped in an NYPD "kettle" formation. Eventually, an NYPD officer pushed her into a car and another officer handcuffed her with plastic zip ties and held in total for 6 hours before being released. Plaintiff Andrea Canedo similarly was pushed against a car and then a fence by an NYPD officer who then ziptied her hands extremely tightly. NYPD officer then removed plaintiff's backpack and forced it around her neck for 4-5 hours. Neither plaintiff was charged.

Jones, Shannon, et al. vs Police Department, Nyc., et al.
Case # 811888/2021E, Supreme Court - Bronx, October 26, 2021

Jones, Shannon, et al. vs Police Department, Nyc., et al.
Case # 21CV10082, U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, October 26, 2021, ended February 7, 2022
Administrative Closing
Complaint
Description: On Jne 4, 2020, Plaintiffs were peacefully attending a protest, when SRG officers in full riot gear formed aline with their bicycles to block protestors for walking any further. The officers used their bicycles as weapons, pushing the protestors back. Protestors were trapped and unable to leave, and NYPD (including Monahan and Lehr) failed to respond to their pleas. Per order of Monahan, Plaintiff Jones was grabbed, seized, chocked, and thrown to the ground by PO Wilson. PO Doe 1 assisted in the arrest, and both him and PO Wilson put their full weight on Plaintiff Jones while she was faced down on the ground, not resisting. After removing her from the ground, the Defendants placed her in extremely tight zip tie...

Hernandez, Krystin, et al. vs City of New York
Case # 21CV07406, U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, September 9, 2021, ended April 20, 2023
$349,012 Settlement
Complaint

Gray, Adam, et Al vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 21CV06610, U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, August 19, 2021
Complaint

Sierra, Samira, et Al vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 20CV10291, U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, January 26, 2021
Complaint

Payne, Jarrett, et Al vs De Blasio, Bill, et al.
Case # 20CV08924, U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, October 26, 2020

Moore, Eugene vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV04365, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, August 12, 2015, ended September 19, 2017
$125,000 Settlement
Complaint, Amended Complaint
Description: Plain clothes defendant officers exited vehicle, approached plaintiff and began to pat frisk plaintiff looking for a weapon. Gun was found in a nearby doorway. Plaintiff was charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the third and fourth degree. The case was dismissed and sealed.

Ortiz et al v. The City of New York et al
Case # 10CV08999, U.S. District Court - Southern District NY
$5,000 Settlement
Amended Complaint
Description: Ortiz was in his apt sleeping when the defendants loudly knocked on and kicked in door; defendants shouted for him to "get on the fucking floor" and took them into custody without lawful basis; took the plaintiffs to the 9th pct, while the other defendants rampaged through the plaintiff's apt (did not find any drugs etc).