Named in 22 known lawsuits, $864,003 total settlements.
Nesimi, Angelo vs Det. Rivera, Michael, et al.
Case # 17CV04300,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, September 20, 2017, ended August 19, 2019
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On April 1, 2015, narcotics officer defendants strip searched the plaintiff. When they did not find anything, they inflicted blows to the plaintiff's midsection. The defendants brought the plaintiff to a hospital to perform a rectal cavity search. The doctor and nurse defendants told the officers to do the search. They injected the plaintiff with drugs and performed the search violently and painfully.
Torres, Stephanie vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV05813,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, October 16, 2015, ended December 15, 2016
$60,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: Plaintiff was in her home day of the incident. Defendants entered the home stating they had a warrant but did not specify why. Plaintiff was slammed against the floor in front of 5yr old son, punched, kicked and stomped on feet then arrested. Plaintiff charged with resisting arrest and sale of a controlled substance, which were later dismissed.
Stewart, Ameir, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV02854,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, May 15, 2014, ended September 20, 2016
$22,503 Settlement
Complaint,
Amended Complaint,
Stipulation
Description: On May 29, 2013, the Defendant officers violently invaded the Plaintiffs’ home in Richmond County, NY, and falsely arrested each of them. Defendant officers awoke Plaintiff Stewart with a chokehold and headlock, forcefully grabbed him by the back of his neck, and repeatedly struck and punched Plaintiff Stewart in the jaw, face and body without cause or provocation. Defendant Officers applied handcuffs too tightly, causing Plaintiff Stewart pain in his hands and wrists. Defendant Officers were observed proceeding from various other locations around the Plaintiffs’ house into Plaintiff Stewart’s room to strike him multiple times each, with no apparent law enforcement purpose.
Plaintiffs were transported to the 12...
Jiminez, Stephanie, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV00384,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, January 30, 2014, ended November 14, 2014
$77,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 20, 2011, at approximately 10:30 p.m., NYPD officers, including Michael Friedman, Anthony Reyes, Michael Rivera, Paul Fazio, as well as others, entered a residential address by breaking the front door and entering with their guns drawn. The officers pointed their guns at Stephanie Jimenez, Mark Julien and Malcolm Johnson. Officer Paul Fazio unlawfully struck Mr. Johnson with a tactical shield, calling him to fall to the ground. The officers, including Officer Fazio, then handcuffed Mr. Johnson, grabbed him and detained him for an unreasonable period of time, without cause. The officers also grabbed Mr. Julien, slammed him to the ground, and placed severely over tight handcuffs on his wrists, without ...
Matthews, Elaine vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV01203,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, March 14, 2013, ended October 28, 2013
$30,000 Settlement
Complaint,
First Amended Complaint
Description: On August 27, 2010, Defendant Officers Hillery, Fago, Rivera, Fried, Brooks, Hernandez, Meigs, Sanchez, and Sposito all unlawfully entered Plaintiff's apartment without either consent, an arrest warrant, a lawful search warrant, probable cause, or reasonable suspicion that Plaintiff (or any third person) had committed a crime. Plaintiff lives with her daughter and both were awoken when said Defendant Officers rushed through her front door. After entering the apartment, Plaintiff and her daughter were not free to leave or disregard any questions. Plaintiff was intentionally struck and knocked into her refrigerator; one Defendant Officer grabbed Plaintiff by the neck and threw her to the floor; another Defendant ...
Davis et al v. City Of New York et al
Case # 10CV01260,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$40,000 Settlement
Amended Complaint
Oloruoje v. City Of New York et al
Case # 10CV00182,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$15,000 Settlement
Complaint,
Stipulation
Humphreys et al v. City of New York et al
Case # 10CV03011,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$35,000 Settlement
Amended Complaint,
Stipulation
Santiago v. City of New York et al
Case # 10CV05995,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$7,500 Settlement
First Amended Complaint
Peterson v. City Of New York et al
Case # 11CV01386,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$110,000 Settlement
Second Amended Complaint,
Stipulation
Picciotto et al v. City of New York et al
Case # 11CV01471,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$40,000 Settlement
Complaint,
Stipulation
Butta et al v. City of New York et al
Case # 11CV02843,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$20,000 Settlement
Amended Complaint,
Stipulation
Coleman v. City of New York et al
Case # 11CV03277,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$50,000 Settlement
Complaint,
Stipulation
Stephens v. City of New York et al
Case # 11CV05281,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$15,000 Settlement
Complaint
Singleton v. City of New York et al
Case # 11CV05613,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$18,000 Settlement
Complaint,
Stipulation
Champagne et al v. City of New York et al
Case # 11CV05644,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$155,000 Settlement
Amended Complaint,
Stipulation
Newman v. City of New York et al
Case # 11CV06315,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$10,000 Settlement
Complaint,
Stipulation
Garcia v. City of New York et al
Case # 12CV01707,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$22,500 Settlement
Rivera Garcia.pdf
Gibson et al v. The City of New York et al
Case # 12CV04114,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$36,000 Settlement
Gibson Complaint 12 cv 4114.pdf
Clay et al v. City of New York et al
Case # 14CV01633,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$55,000 Settlement
Amended Complaint,
Stipulation
Chapman-Gray v. City of New York et al
Case # 05CV04143,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
Settlement
Complaint,
Stipulation
Bunche v. The City of New York et al
Case # 10CV05731,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY
$45,000 Settlement
Amended Complaint