Named in 4 known lawsuits, $22,500 total settlements.
Mckenzie, Umajestice vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 513601/2024,
Supreme Court - Kings, May 16, 2024
Complaint
Description: On November 6, 2020 Plaintiff Umajestice McKenzie was being driven by a friend to a police precinct to give a statement about a murder that had occurred on October 28, 2020. Officer Michael Delwey and other Unidentified Officers stopped the vehicle and ordered Plaintiff out of the car. Plaintiff was promptly arrested, restrained with unreasonably tight handcuffs, and searched unlawfully. No weapons or contraband was discovered on Plaintiff's person as a result of this search and the officers did not articulate a justifiable basis for the stop. Plaintiff McKenzie was transported to the local precinct, where he was placed in a holding cell before being interrogated for over an hour by Defendants about the Octob...
Nivens, Walter vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 516309/2021,
Supreme Court - Kings, July 2, 2021
Complaint
Description: On September 4, 2019, while lawfully inside the 73rd NYPD precinct located at 1470 East New York Avenue in Kings, NY, the plaintiff was unlawfully stopped, questioned, searched, assaulted, battered, arrested, and detained by the defendants, including Delwey and John Does 1-10, in an excessive manner without legal justification and solely because of his race and national origin. Prior to the arrest, Jasmine Berrios had mistakenly reported to the police that the plaintiff had assaulted her on August 29, 2019. She later went to the police precinct and recanted her complaint after realizing it was not the plaintiff but a different person who had assaulted her. On September 4, 2019, the plaintiff went to the 73rd pr...
Libhart, Jameson, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 154553/2019,
Supreme Court - New York, May 16, 2019
Complaint
Description: On May 18, 2016, around 12:00 a.m., Jameson Libhart was maced by several New York Police Department officers while he was walking into his apartment building in New York County. The officers, Michael Delwy, Mark Dumelle, and two additional officers, referred to as John Doe New York Police Officer Number One and Two, detained Libhart because they believed he had discarded a marijuana cigarette. None of the officers were in uniform and did not identify themselves before grabbing Libhart and macing him. The plaintiff was repeatedly punched by Officer Delwy and Officer Dumelle while laying handcuffed on the ground. During this time, none of the officers intervened in the assault. The plaintiff was taken to the 9th ...
Yang, Lom vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV02877,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, April 16, 2015, ended September 3, 2015
$22,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: Plaintiff witnessed Defendant Officers assaulting other citizens and inquired for their badge number. Officers then assaulted Plaintiff and charged him with 195.05 Obstructing Governmental Admin, 205.30 Resisting Arrest, and 240.20 Disorderly Conduct, which were all dismissed and sealed