Named in 2 known lawsuits, $30,000 total settlements.
Paulino, Ricardo vs City of Ny
Case # 26CV00517,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, February 10, 2026
Benton, Carzell vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 153386/2022,
Supreme Court - New York, April 29, 2022, ended August 19, 2024
$30,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On June 11, 2020, Plaintiff was stopped, seized, arrested and detained by, or at the
direction of, defendants, including JUSTIN HOLLEY and other unknown police officers, although Plaintiff did not commit any crime. Defendants, including physically removed Plaintiff from his vehicle and restrained him by grabbing Plaintiff with their bodies and limbs, despite possessing no legal basis to do. Defendants applied the handcuffs in an excessively tight fashion.
Defendants then proceeded to illegally search Plaintiff’s person by subjecting Plaintiff to illegal strip-searches with attendant cavity inspections of his person.
Plaintiff was then caused to be forcibly removed to the 7th Precinct, where he was criminally p...