Named in 3 known lawsuits, $12,500 total settlements.
Schloss, Courtney vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 514216/2021,
Supreme Court - Kings, June 14, 2021
Complaint
Description: On the evening of July 30, 2019, Courtney Schloss found himself in the passenger seat of a parked vehicle at 166 Scholes Street in Brooklyn. While there, he was approached by several NYPD officers, including Francisco Martireyes, Rodney Fernandez, and Henry Daverin. Without any lawful justification, the officers initiated an unlawful stop and search, leading to Schloss's arrest. During the encounter, they used excessively tight handcuffs, which caused him considerable discomfort and emotional distress. Subsequently, he was taken to the precinct and wrongfully detained for nearly a month before all charges against him were dismissed on November 6, 2019.
Schloss, Courtney vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 501876/2021,
Supreme Court - Kings, February 25, 2021
Complaint
Description: On August 13, 2019, while lawfully present at Bushwick Avenue and Moore Street in Brooklyn, NY, the plaintiff was illegally stopped, questioned, searched, assaulted, battered, arrested, and excessively detained by the defendants, including Martireyes, Hernandez, Daverin, and John Does 1-10, without legal justification and solely because of his race, religion, national origin, or other improper characteristics. The defendants unlawfully approached the plaintiff, accusing him of committing criminal activities, and conducted an illegal search of his person by rifling through his pockets and patting him down without his consent. The defendants violently contorted the plaintiff's arms behind his back and applied ext...
Gray, Daunte vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 508406/2020,
Supreme Court - Kings, May 28, 2020, ended September 10, 2020
$12,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about August 3, 2018, plaintiff GRAY was lawfully present in the vicinity of 60 Moore St. plaintiff was accosted by several members of the NYPD, including defendants MATIREYES, GREGG, and/or POLICE OFFICERS “JOHN DOE” #1-10. Plaintiff had not committed any crimes or offenses. Defendants directed plaintiff to provide them with identification. In response, plaintiff requested to know why he was being detained, but did not refuse to provide identification. Several minutes later, Defendants grabbed plaintiff by his shoulder and arm, pushed him up
against a car, and then placed him under arrest by handcuffing his arms tightly behind his back. Thereafter, defendants searched plaintiff’s person and effects. How...