Brian J. Vanduzer

Lawsuits

Named in 6 known lawsuits, $208,182 total settlements.

Shah, Jafar vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 821021/2025E, Supreme Court - Bronx, December 4, 2025

Greene, Steven vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 20CV11115, U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, January 15, 2021, ended March 11, 2022
$50,682 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On November 6, 2020 plaintiff was dropped off at the construction site where he worked. Plaintiff was waiting with other union workers and volunteered to go to a nearby Dunkin Donuts to obtain coffee for himself and his coworkers. As plaintiff was walking back from the Dunkin Donuts, an unmarked police vehicle pulled up, two officers jumped out and put handcuffs on him. Plaintiff was not told why he was being arrested. Plaintiff later found out he was being charged for patronizing a person for prostitution. Plaintiff did not do this. The case against plaintiff was ultimately dismissed.

Williams, Tyreke vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 20CV00478, U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, January 24, 2020, ended December 13, 2022
$75,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 27, 2018 at approximately 4:40 pm, plaintiff Tyreek Williams was inside his room inside 42 West Fordham Road, Apartment 1, in the Bronx, when NYPD Sergeant Frank Aliffi and NYPD officers Jose Sanchez, Shawn Romero, and Brian Vanduzer illegally entered the room in response to a false claim by plaintiff's landlord Kieu Vo that someone was sleeping in her bed. Despite the lack of a warrant, no exigent circumstances, and plaintiff not having committed any crime, defendants ignored plaintiff's protests that he was a lawful resident of the apartment, and also disregarded his keys, photo ID, and documents containing his name. The NYPD officer defendants collectively handcuffed plaintiff too tightly, forcefully ...

Randall, Elliot vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 027608/2019E, Supreme Court - Bronx, July 16, 2019, ended April 1, 2020
$30,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On March 12, 2019, in the Bronx, New York Plaintiff Elliot Randall, as he was leavinng a culinary class at a local community center, was subject to an unlawful stop, question, frisk, search, false arrest, and false imprisonment by the defendants NYPD officers, including the plaintclothes arresting officer. In addition, Plaintiff was subjected to an assault, battery, and use of excessive force by the defendant officers when they tasered Plaintiff for no legal reason, and forcibly tackled Plaintiff to the ground, causing him to suffer bruises to his back, knees and shoulders, as well as taser marks. Plaintiff had not been resisting arrest prior to the tasing but rather, because the plainclothes had failed to iden...

Lucero, Manuel vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 034614/2018E, Supreme Court - Bronx, January 29, 2019, ended June 29, 2020
$22,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On October 12, 2017, the plaintiff was unlawfully stopped, seized, searched, assaulted and arrested by the defendant PO including POs Garry Tuma, Brian Vanduzer, Amadeo Oktrova without any reasonable suspicion of unlawful behaviour. The defendants falsely accused the plaintiff of crimes and assaulted and battered the plaintiff. The plaintiff's hands were then contorted behind his back and then handcuffed in an excessively tight fashion. The plaintiff was taken to the 52nd Precinct where she was fingerprinted, photographed and searched and was then taken to Bronx Central Booking where she was processed again.

Copes, Laquan vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 17CV08413, U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, November 21, 2017, ended March 21, 2022
$30,000 Settlement
Amended Complaint, Complaint
Description: On October 27, 2017, Mr. Laquan Copes was riding his bike in the Bronx. At least 15 members of the NYPD grabbed him off his bike and began to question and manhandle him. They assaulted Mr. Copes using their fists, legs, batons, radio, and asp. Several supervisors on the scene failed to intervene, took part in the beating, and denied Mr. Copes medical care. The officers arrested Mr. Copes and charged him with various crimes. During the course of Mr. Copes' custody, the officers delayed medical treatment, though Mr. Copes was eventually transported to a hospital. The officers fabricated paperwork and falsified documents stating that Mr. Copes was in possession of a weapon and had resisted arrest along with commit...