Bowen, Nicholas vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV06811,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, April 20, 2015, ended January 4, 2017
$105,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On November 20 2008, Plaintiff Nicholas Bowen was issued a citation for criminal trespass at a public housing complex in the Bronx, for which he received a conditional discharge. In January 2009, despite his compliance with the discharge, a warrant was erroneously issued for Mr. Bowen's appearance in Bronx Criminal Court. He appeared on February 11, 2009, and the judge vacated and expunged the bench warrant, but it remained as an open warrant in the NYPD database until April 15, 2015. During the six year period, Mr. Bowen was frequently arrested on the basis of the NYPD database warrant, even though a state database that should be consulted per NYPD policy correctly reflected the closed warrant, and despite a d...