Andrei Nijnic

Lawsuits

Named in 7 known lawsuits, $604,000 total settlements.

Green, Kenton vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 806962/2026E, Supreme Court - Bronx, April 29, 2026

Carey, Scott vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 814907/2024E, Supreme Court - Bronx, September 19, 2024, ended December 1, 2025
$50,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On 2/10/24, in the Bronx, Defendants NYPD Officers FLORES,NIJNIC, DOE and ROE, absent an arrest warrant, probable cause, reasonable cause or any legal justification, and based on fraud, perjury and misrepresentations approached Plaintiff SCOTT CAREY for no reason and summarily stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained him in an aggressive and excessive manner. Plaintiff was arraigned after his arrest, was thereafter falsely and maliciously prosecuted with committing a crime, until he was finally released from custody twenty-four hours after being incarcerated. After numerous court appearances over all charges against Plaintiff were ultimately terminated favorably. Plaintiff sustained physic...

Dejesus, Carlos vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 805888/2023E, Supreme Court - Bronx, April 14, 2023, ended December 3, 2024
$245,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On September 28, 2022, plaintiff CARLOS DEJESUS was at a grocery store when he was approached by an officer who requested his identification. Plaintiff asked for the reason for wanting his identification and the officer, without providing a reason for wanting the Plaintiff’s identification, repeated his request for Plaintiff’s Identification, and Plaintiff repeated his request as well. Defendant POLICE OFFICER JANE DOE then forcefully grabbed Plaintiff by his arm, and was joined by three other Officers who proceeded to assault and batter Plaintiff. That the said officers proceeded to forcefully push Plaintiff into a shelf, Defendant OFFICER JANE DOE pulled Plaintiff’s head back by pulling Plaintiff’s hair, thr...

Beltre, Devon, et al. vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 801088/2023E, Supreme Court - Bronx, January 30, 2023
Complaint
Description: On September 25, 2021, the defendants approached the Plaintiffs in an aggressive and threatening manner, without any lawful reason, while Plaintiffs were engaged in speech and other protected activities. Defendants grabbed, struck and restrained the Plaintiffs all about their torsos, arms and wrists. Then they tightly handcuffed Plaintiffs and refused to loosen or remove the handcuffs despite the Plaintiffs asked for the handcuffs to be taken off and complaints about the pain and discomfort they were feeling. The defendants falsely accused the Plaintiffs of acting in concert to posses a loaded gun that was never observed to be in their custody, control or even in their general vicinity. Due to these false char...

Roberts, Paris vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 817983/2022E, Supreme Court - Bronx, December 2, 2022, ended August 6, 2025
$150,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: That on or about September 25, 2021, Plaintiff was hanging out with some friends in Bronx when he was stopped, handcuffed and arrested by Defendants Andrei Nijnic, Daniel Mardjonovic & other unknown police officers without probable cause or any other legal justification. Plaintiff did not possess any alcohol, contraband, weapon or any illegal object. Plaintiff was falsely prosecuted and spent numerous days in custody. The matter was dismissed upon application of the Office of the Bronx District Attorney

State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins Co A/s/o Chandler, Samuel vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 719037/2018, Supreme Court - Bronx, December 26, 2018, ended January 3, 2022
$34,000 Settlement

Chandler, Samuel vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 026374/2018, Supreme Court - Bronx, June 7, 2018, ended September 29, 2021
$125,000 Settlement