Mario E. Mazier

Lawsuits

Named in 5 known lawsuits, $141,001 total settlements.

Emory, Nolan vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 19CV01103, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, February 26, 2019, ended June 11, 2020
$35,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 26, 2018 at approximately 7:00 PM, Officers Miller, Mazier, Koerner, Soares, and Does 1-3 unlawfully entered Nolan Emory's home without warrant due to a third-party call concerning an individual potentially overdosing on medication. Mr. Emory informed the officers that he had not taken any medication. As the officers were about to leave, Officer Miller demanded that Mr. Emory go with them. Despite repeatedly asking the officers to leave and posing no threat, Mr. Emory was tased and handcuffed. Mr. Emory was forcibly taken to the hospital for the taser and was later released. Officer Miller forged paperwork to cover up the use of force.

Tan, Donovan vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV00028, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, January 15, 2016, ended September 15, 2016
$8,501 Settlement
Complaint
Description: Plaintiff was standing on the block around NYCHA housing when Defendant officers asked for his ID. Plaintiff said it was in his house so the officers handcuffed him, assaulted him, took him to the 122nd Precinct, and charged him with Dis Con, Resisting Arrest, and OGA, which were ACD'D.

Tan, Albert vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV03326, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, June 19, 2015, ended September 21, 2016
$27,500 Settlement
Complaint, Amended Complaint
Description: Defendant Officers approached Plaintiffs, put a gun to their head and forced them to the ground, tightly handcuffed Plaintiff 1, detained him in the van for 2 hrs then let him go with a DAT for Dis Con, which was later dismissed

Howard, Kisha vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV05744, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, November 1, 2013, ended September 18, 2014
$25,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On July 20, 2012, at approximately 11:30 p.m., Plaintiff was in her home at 204 Schmidts Lane, Apartment 4f, in Staten Island, New York, when Defendant NYPD Officers Mario Mazie, Albert Cabello, Nicholas Rentas, Christopher Harrington, and Edward Colucci forced their way into the apartment without permission or authority. Defendants arrested the Plaintiff and transported her to the 122 Police Precinct stationhouse and imprisoned her there. Plaintiff was then transported to the 120th Precinct stationhouse in Staten Island and imprisoned there, and then she was transported to the Richmond County Criminal Courthouse where Defendants conveyed false allegations about Plaintiff committing crimes to the Richmond Count...

Pinder, Shakur, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV05183, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, October 9, 2013, ended March 20, 2014
$45,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On August 12, 2011, plaintiffs Shakur Pinder and Robert Ballard were unlawfully arrested by NYPD officers, including Mario Mazier, Boris Bedoya, Myron White, and Sergeant Michael Conners, in Brooklyn, New York. Plaintiff Pinder, who was just 17 years old with no criminal record, had just finished playing a basketball game and was on his way home, when he was surrounded by the defendant officers and arrested, then taken to the 79th precinct and interrogated about a firearm the officers claimed to have found. Plaintiff Ballard was standing next to his parked car when he was surrounded by the defendant officers, searched, arrested, and taken to the 79th precinct, where he, too, was extensively questioned about ...