Named in 10 known lawsuits, $465,003 total settlements.
Jackson, Frederick vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 504569/2023,
Supreme Court - Kings, May 4, 2023, ended June 29, 2026
$25,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On February 12, 2020, plaintiff Frederick Jackson was sleeping in his bed located in his home in Brooklyn, when several police officers, among whom sergeant Avinash Patel, detective Krystopher Valentin, detective Matthew Fagan, police officer Steven Rupnick, detective specialist Patrick Barry, and sergeant Umar Khitab, awoke him, executing a search warrant obtained by using false information. The target of the warrant was a person who was not living in the apartment. The plaintiff was holding a baseball bat believing that his apartment has been burglarized. After the officers screamed to drop the bat, he dropped it and the officers searched him unlawfully. The plaintiff was handcuffed and told that he was arres...
Patterson, James A., et Al vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 20CV03972,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, August 27, 2020, ended June 14, 2024
$30,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 23, 2019, Defendant NYPD Officers executed a no-knock warrant by breaking down the front door of Plaintiff's home with a battering ram. Defendant Officers entered the home with guns drawn, entered Plaintiff's bedroom and pointed the guns at Plaintiffs and their children and ordered them to 'get down.' Defendant Officer pushed Plaintiff face down on the floor, tightly handcuffed him and forcibly removed him from the bedroom and put him into a police vehicle. Officers kept the gun pointed at Plaintiff's spouse who was in her underwear and their children. Plaintiff's spouse was searched including her scalp and hair bonnet and was not allowed to put on her clothes or to dress her children until after the sea...
Burton, Eduardo vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 19CV06677,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, December 24, 2019, ended February 14, 2021
$25,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On February 27, 2018, NYPD officers, including Stephen Daly, Matthew Vahey, Patrick Barry, Lenno Hendricks, Shawn Soler, Kenneth Paek, Daniel Keane, Dennis Mogelnicki, Eric Miller, and “John” Richardson, forcibly entered an apartment in which plaintiffs were staying. Officers entered the bedroom, pointed guns at plaintiffs, and handcuffed them. The officers were then joined by NYPD officers John Uske, Captain John Breslin, Sergeant David Cheesewright, Leonard Clarke, Andrew Kamna, Lawrende Hotaling, Kellan O’Neill, Gerard Fenton, and Christopher Griffith. Although the officers knew that plaintiffs did not reside at the apartment and that they were not the target of the search warrant, they continued plaintiffs'...
Mcclain, Kamiesha, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 18CV11836,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, December 19, 2018, ended February 25, 2020
$25,003 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 12, 2016 at approximately 6am, Ms. McClain was getting ready for work in her apartment when as many as twenty NYPD Officer John Does* (all male) broke down her door and raided her apartment. They had a warrant based on a tip from a confidential informant that crack cocaine had been sold by Ms. McClain's brother in the apartment. Ms. McClain's brother did not live in the apartment, nor did he ever live there or have keys, and only visited every few weeks. Ms. McClain, wearing only undergarments at the time, was pushed into a chair and handcuffed with excessive tightness. Her mother and six-year-old son were in another part of the apartment, told to "get the fuck down on the floor" at gunpoint, and Ms....
Strong, Charisma, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 710034/2018,
Supreme Court - Queens, October 24, 2018
Complaint
Description: On March 31, 2017, Plaintiffs Strong and Rodgers were lawful occupants of the apartment located at 107-16 160th St, Queens, NY. Strong was visibly pregnant. Both Plaintiffs were asleep when a group of 8 to 10 officers, including defendants, equipped with shields and automatic weapons, entered plaintiffs' bedroom, and proceeded to assault and batter both plaintiffs. During this incident, Strong was forcibly pulled by her arm and thrown to the ground on her stomach. Strong tried to turn on her side to protect her stomach, each time announcing, "I'm pregnant." On each attempt by Strong to reposition herself, an officer took his boot, placed it on the back of Strong, applied his body weight and forced her down onto...
Young, Tyrone, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 18CV05552,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, October 5, 2018
Complaint
Description: Beginning on or about March 4, 2018, Plaintiffs including their two children were subject to numerous illegal unreasonable and unwarranted searches of their home conducted with excessive force by NYPD Officers. At about 6 a.m. on March 4, 2018, Defendants rammed down the door of Plaintiffs' home with rifles pointed with laser sights and yelling and searing at Plaintiffs to get on the floor. When Plaintiff asked for a warrant none was provided. Plaintiff's teenage child, a black boy, was placed in handcuffs. The officers pillaged the apartment for 45 minutes leaving it ransacked. One officer took a brass sword hanging from the wall saying he just liked it. Additional 911 calls have prompted Police officers to vi...
Conde, Miguel Administrator of The Estate of Mario Sanabria, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 024544/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, April 24, 2018
Gil, Jeramy vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV01709,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, March 31, 2015, ended November 10, 2015
$10,000 Settlement
Complaint,
Original Complaint,
Stipulation
Description: Defendant Officers burst through Plaintiff's door with guns drawn, arrested him, and charged him with Criminal possession of a weapon and related charges. Charges were later dismissed
Taylor, Brian Quincy vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 103161/2008,
Supreme Court - New York, March 11, 2008, ended March 5, 2013
Administrative Closing
Khudashvili v. City of New York et al
Case # 10CV00774,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY
$350,000 Settlement
Amended Complaint,
Original Complaint,
Settlement