Elmer H. Pastran

Lawsuits

Named in 3 known lawsuits, $526,000 total settlements.

Serrano, Jason vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 22CV01989, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, May 3, 2022, ended November 9, 2022
$200,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: In March 2018, Plaintiff was arrested during a traffic stop, in which the officers unlawfully arrested him, planted marijuana in his car, and later claimed to have found a bag of crack cocaine in his jacket. The officers demanded plaintiff, who had recently been stabbed, to get out of the car. Plaintiff showed the officers his injuries to show why getting out of the car would be difficult, but the officers still demanded he do so. When plaintiff got out of the car, he picked up his jacket because he was cold. The officers asked plaintiff to give them his jacket. He wanted to put on the jacket and showed the officers that there was nothing inside it. The officers then cuffed plaintiff and took him down to ...

Kuyateh, Lasou vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 21CV00652, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, February 10, 2021, ended April 1, 2022
$326,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On February 28, 2018, Defendant NYPD Officers Kyle Erickson and Elmer Pastran stopped Plaintiff’s vehicle while Plaintiff was driving in Richmond County, New York. The officers ordered Plaintiff and his passengers to exit the vehicle, then searched Plaintiff, his passengers, and the vehicle. The officers did not find any contraband in the vehicle. Defendant Erickson then allegedly planted a partially burning marijuana cigarette in Plaintiff’s vehicle. The officers then handcuffed and arrested Plaintiff. All charges against Plaintiff were ultimately dismissed and sealed by the DA. On October 3, 2018, while the above prosecution was still pending, defendant officers alleged that they observed Plaintiff hand a f...

Kuyateh, Lasou vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 152853/2019, Supreme Court - Richmond, April 20, 2020, ended March 11, 2022
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On October 3, 2018, at approximately 3:00 p.m., plaintiff Lasou Kuyateh was falsely accused of felony firearm posession by NYPD officers Kyle Erickson, Elmer Pastran, and Frank Desiderato in Staten Island, New York. The officers claimed to have seen Kuyateh hand a firearm to an unidentified individual. Kuyateh was arrested, handcuffed tightly, and detained in a holding cell without being charged with any crime. As a result of the false arrest, Kuyateh suffered loss of liberty, emotional distress, and pain.