Michael Delia

Lawsuits

Named in 5 known lawsuits, $295,000 total settlements.

D.C. Infant M/n/g Stokes, Roshala vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 150966/2025, Supreme Court - New York, February 4, 2025

Hill, Harold vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 157301/2023, Supreme Court - New York, July 24, 2023
Complaint
Description: On May 15, 2022, Officers Maximilian Warner, Michael Delia, and others, targeted Plaintiff based on his Latino race while he was lawfully present in the vicinity of his apartment building. Defendants then approached, questioned, grabbed, seized, and arrested Plaintiff. Plaintiff exhibited no indication of criminal behavior. Defendants slammed Plaintiff to the ground, punched him in the head, and drove their knees into Plaintiff’s back. They then performed an illegal search on Plaintiff by rifling through his pockets and patting him down. Defendants then cuffed Plaintiff and when Plaintiff pled to loosen the handcuffs, Defendants intentionally squeezed the handcuffs into Plaintiff’s wrists. At no point did Plain...

Banks, Taquan vs City of Ny
Case # 154259/2023, Supreme Court - New York, May 11, 2023, ended May 8, 2024
$100,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about 10/27/22,Plaintiff Taquan Banks while lawfully in the vicinity of Lenox Avenue and West 114th Street, New York, New York, was without just cause, probable cause or provocation, was arrested by Defendant NYPD Officers Matthew Ornstein, Michael Delia and several unnamed NYPD officers who took the Plaintiff to a police station in the County of New York and entered him on the records as under arrest. Defendants further caused Plaintiff Taquan Banks to have his fingerprints and photographs to be taken without his consent and in accordance with police procedures for the arrest of criminals and held him on various criminal charges at various police stations, correctional facilities and at the Courthouse l...

Flournoy, Jason vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 150929/2023, Supreme Court - New York, January 31, 2023, ended August 8, 2023
$125,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On 30 December 2021, plaintiff Jason Flournoy was arrested with no legal justification. He was intentionally and falsely accused of having committed a crime.

Abbot, Mekhi vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 160220/2022, Supreme Court - New York, December 5, 2022, ended January 23, 2023
$70,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about March 25th, 2022, Defendants--NYPD Police Officers Wilfredo Burgos, Michael Delia, Ahmed Aly, and Police Officers John Doe--falsely arrested Plaintiff Mekhi Abbott even though Petitioner never committed or attempted to any crime. Defendants' statement to the NY County District Attorney's Office led Plaintiff to be charged with Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree and related offenses. However, on or about August 10th, 2022, the NY County District Attorney's Office dismissed the Plaintiff's charges.