Cartwright, Lachlan vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 22CV07198,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, August 26, 2022, ended February 1, 2023
$35,001 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On April 17, 2020, Plaintiff entered The Player's Cafe on Bleecker Street, which was open yet had no workers present on duty. Plaintiff called the manager and instigated an employee to be sent, then before he left four police officers arrived. Ignoring Plaintiff's pleas and the evidence of a not he left for the manager, the officers handcuffed and arrested Plaintiff. Two officers, Clinton and Doe 1, put him in the vehicle. At the precinct, Officer Allison Sprague and the arresting officers ignored Plaintiff's requests to retrieve his note as evidence. They detained Plaintiff instead. Later, a call from the store manager confirmed Plaintiff's innocence, as well as security footage retrieved. Despite this, the of...