Javad M. Valad

Lawsuits

Named in 4 known lawsuits, $39,998 total settlements.

Patterson, Michael vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 24CV02106, U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, March 25, 2024
Complaint
Description: On September 9, 2016, Plaintiff was seized and forcibly handcuffed by Defendants Police Officer Brian Hinton and Police Officer Javad Valad despite him not engaging in any lawful conduct. Despite the continuing absence of probable cause for his arrest, Plaintiff was transported to NYPD precinct. Once at the state, Plaintiff was subjected to a strip search which failed to yield any contraband. While in defendants’ custody, defendant Hinton, with the help and complicity of the other defendants, completed arrest paperwork and executed a sworn statement in which he falsely claimed that, at about 6:00 pm on the evening of September 9, 2016, he was in a patrol car with defendant Brennan when they observed plaintiff ...

Estrella, Shakira vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 21CV10084, U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, October 26, 2021, ended August 22, 2022
$19,998 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On June 3, 2020, plaintiffs participated in a demonstration protesting the murder of George Floyd. Both plaintiffs were lawfully present and the protest was peaceful. About twenty unidentified NYPD officers raided the streets, corralled plaintiffs and prevented them from going anywhere. They kettled them into a prisoner van and moved them to a certain location where they began to assault and batter plaintiffs before arresting them on false charges. They knew their condcut was being recorded and they grabbed plaintiffs' phones and smashed them to the ground to destroy the evidence. Plaintiffs were taken to a precinct and some were strip searched while others were put through to booking. Plaintiffs were released ...

Dejesus, Hector, et al. vs Fnnk Rogozinski, et al.
Case # 12CV09379, U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, January 15, 2013, ended February 5, 2014
$5,000 Settlement
Complaint, First Amended Complaint, Original Complaint
Description: On or about June 30, 2011, Plaintiff DeJesus was driving a car with his friend Anthony Vasquez in the passenger seat. Defendant Rogozinski and Valad, both NYPD officers, pulled over Plaintiff’s car. Defendant Rogozinski and Valad asked Plaintiff and Vasquez where they were coming from and where they were headed without saying why they were being stopped. After Valad searched Vasquez, Valad asked Plaintiff to step outside the vehicle. The officers asked Plaintiff whether he had any weapons or drugs in his possession, and he said no. Defendant Rogozinski then began to search Plaintiff, lowered Plaintiff’s pants on a public street, and felt inside DeJesus’ underwear and his crotch area. Valad asked if there were a...

Tobias v. The City of New York
Case # 11CV07769, U.S. District Court - Southern District NY
$15,000 Settlement
Complaint, Stipulation
Description: Defendant Officers arrested Plaintiff, took him to the 25th Precinct, strip searched, and charged him with Unlawful Assembly, which was later dismissed.