Conclusion Meanings:
'Unfounded': Evidence suggests that the event or alleged conduct did not occur.
'Unsubstantiated': or 'Unable to Determine' - CCRB has fully investigated but could not affirmatively conclude both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.
Further details on conclusion definitions.
Named in 5 known lawsuits, $172,500 total settlements.
Gill, Kevin, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV05513,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, September 30, 2015, ended March 23, 2017
Zero Disposition
Complaint,
Amended Complaint
Description: Defendant Officers forcefully entered Plaintiff's home and searched it. Plaintiff called the 73rd Precinct to make a formal complaint but Defendant Officers Mizra and Anton refused to accept it. On another occasion, Defendant Officers stopped Plaintiff, asked him for ID, searched him, and then let him go. On a third occasion, Plaintiff was stopped ad arrested by Defendant Officers, brought to the 73rd Precinct under an alleged warrant. Any charges and outcomes are not specified.
Hickling, Shomari, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV03578,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, June 19, 2014, ended June 2, 2015
$32,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On March 11, 2013, Plaintiff was visiting a friend in Brooklyn and decided to leave with a friend who offered to drive him home. Upon entering the vestibule of his friend's residence, defendant officers blacked Plaintiff from walking to his friends car. The officers demanded identification and an explanation as to why Plaintiff was in the building. Plaintiff supplied the officers with the name and apartment number of the friend he'd been visiting, but the information was never verified. Plaintiff was cuffed, searched and placed in the police van. No illegal contraband or weapons were found on or near plaintiff or at the scene. Plaintiff was taken to the 73rd precinct where he was fingerprinted. Plaintiff was no...
Matthews, Ernesto vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV02524,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, April 23, 2014, ended January 15, 2015
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Wright, Kendall vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV01376,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, March 13, 2014, ended July 14, 2015
$120,000 Settlement
Complaint
Cooper v. Police Officer Adam Conlin et al
Case # 12CV02554,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
Settlement
Amended Complaint,
Stipulation