Named in 3 known lawsuits, $45,000 total settlements.
Cuevas, Catherine, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 153227/2019E,
Supreme Court - New York, March 29, 2019, ended May 11, 2020
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On November 3, 2018 at approximately 9:50 p.m. Plaintiffs Cuevas and Ramirez were lawfully in the vicinity of Tenth Avenue and West 34th Street when Sgt. David Alleva and POs Chistopher Ryan, Michael Fahrbach, John Doe, and John Roe touched, grabbed, handcuffed, seized, and arrested Plaintiff Cuevas with excessive force and without legal justification. POs also stopped, frisked, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained Plaintiff Ramirez with excessive force and without legal justification. POs took Plaintiffs to a police station where they were criminally processed then taken to various stations and and correctional facilities. Plaintiff Ramirez was incarcerated for over 24 hours and was strip-searc...
Griffin, Cyrus vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV05790,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, August 5, 2016, ended January 22, 2019
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: The plaintiff was walking down the street when a police car followed him, stopped, and arrested him. The plaintiff was taken to the Midtown North Precinct where he was accused of robbing a bank, the defendant officers wrote up false reports, and the plaintiff was charged initially with Assault, Reckless Endangerment, and Attempted Robbery. Defendant Officers then lied about recovering a gun from Plaintiff and the charges were changed to Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree. Charges were dismissed after a year of multiple court appearances. (See related Barthley v. City Lawsuit)
Barthley v. City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV05195,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY
$25,000 Settlement
Amended Complaint
Description: The plaintiff was walking down the street when a police car followed him, stopped, and arrested him. The plaintiff was taken to the Midtown North Precinct where he was accused of robbing a bank, the defendant officers wrote up false reports, and the plaintiff was charged initially with Assault, Reckless Endangerment, and Attempted Robbery. Defendant Officers then lied about recovering a gun from Plaintiff and the charges were changed to Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree. Charges were dismissed after a year of multiple court appearances. (See related Griffin v. City Lawsuit)
