Scott A. Gomez

Lawsuits

Named in 2 known lawsuits.

Nimmons, Allen vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 151013/2022, Supreme Court - New York, April 14, 2022
Complaint
Description: On October 13. 2020, plaintiff was sleeping in his bed when defendants entered the building, approached, woke up, seized and searched, detained, and arrested plaintiff. Defendants stated that plaintiff was being arrested in connection with a burglary on September 14, 2020. Defendants did not have a valid arrest warrant. Defendants grabbed plaintiff about his body and extremities before violently contorting his arms behind his back and affixing metal handcuffs to his wrists in an excessively tight fashion. Plaintiff was then transported to a precinct, where he was fingerprinted, stip-searched (incl. an attendant cavity inspection or other invasive search, questioning, retina scans) as well as placed and deta...

Vielman, Alex vs City of New York
Case # 520565/2020, Supreme Court - Kings, October 27, 2020
Complaint
Description: On September 17, 2019, the plaintiff, a convicted felon and parolee with a history of arrests for burglary and trespassing, was allegedly subjected to unconstitutional conduct by members of the NYPD. Over the course of approximately one year, the plaintiff was arrested multiple times for offenses, including burglary and trespassing, despite being innocent and the officers lacking probable cause. The first arrest occurred on September 17, 2019, when the plaintiff was wrongfully arrested and prosecuted for burglary by NYPD officers, including Officer Gomez, who allegedly fabricated evidence and made false accusations. On February 21, 2020, the plaintiff was again arrested by NYPD officers, including Officer Papp...