Evan C. Nielsen

Lawsuits

Named in 3 known lawsuits, $45,000 total settlements.

Dominguez, Steven vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 21CV02302, U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, April 14, 2021
Complaint
Description: On December 31, 2019, plaintiff Steven Dominguez attended a New Year's Eve celebration at a private event space in Brooklyn. A scuffle broke out at the event and an unidentified person slashed plaintiff's face with a knife, leaving a large cash on plaintiff's right cheek. When the police arrived, despite plaintiff's girlfriend and a friend of plaintiff's identifying the attacker, the police did not question the attacker and allowed him to get in a car and rive away. The police, including defendants (Officers Joseph Battista, Dylan Lynch, and Patrick Lynch, and Detectives Evan Nielsen and Patrick Graney) aggressively questioned plaintiff as he was lying on the ground bleeding from his head. None of the defen...

Arnon, Lyndon, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV02700, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, May 2, 2014, ended December 31, 2014
Zero Disposition
Complaint, Second Amended Complaint
Description: On or about January 30, 2013, police officers entered and raided a building where the multiple Plaintiffs either resided, or, in the case of one Plaintiff, was lawfully present as a visitor. During the raid, the officers, inter alia, pointed guns at Plaintiffs, performed illegal detentions and searches, failed to provide Miranda rights, used excessive force, failed to allow Plaintiffs to put on proper clothes before they were taken outside, and unlawfully arrested several of the Plaintiffs. Once all residents had been removed from the premises, officers, without consent or a warrant, conducted a full search of the premises that went on for several hours. Later, after returning to the premises, the Plaintiffs fo...

Britton et al v. The City Of New York et al
Case # 15CV06710, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$45,000 Settlement
Amended Complaint, Complaint
Description: Defendant officers warrantlessly entered Plaintiff's home on multiple occasions searching for a suspect. On this occasion, defendant Sambolin created arrest paperwork in which he stated that the defendants had recovered a decorative sword, a machete, a gravity knife, and marijuana from the premises. DA declined to prosecute.