Named in 65 known lawsuits, $206,398 total settlements.
Compore, Amed vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 154802/2024,
Supreme Court - New York, June 26, 2024
Complaint
Description: On October 12, 2019, the plaintiff was lawfully present in the premises of 617 9th Avenue when he was approached by the defendant NYPD officer who was wearing plain clothes. The defendant was acting as an undercover officer attempting to effectuate a "buy and bust" sting in the area. The plaintiff repeatedly declined to procure narcotics for the defendant and repeatedly denied knowledge of how to accomplish the same. As such, the plaintiff committed no crime. Despite the plaintiff's refusal to engage in the illegal activity, the defendants abruptly exited a nearby unmarked vehicle and began to chase the plaintiff. The defendants never identified themselves. The plaintiff was thrown to the ground, injured, where...
Popovic, Robert vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 152202/2021,
Supreme Court - New York, March 5, 2021, ended March 28, 2022
Administrative Closing
Cedano, Domingo vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 157848/2020,
Supreme Court - New York, September 28, 2020, ended March 28, 2022
Administrative Closing
Kraus, Stephen vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 155406/2020,
Supreme Court - New York, September 2, 2020, ended March 28, 2022
Administrative Closing
Matthews, Kenneth vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 704600/2020,
Supreme Court - Queens, July 14, 2020, ended July 27, 2022
$50,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On November 10, 2018, police officers Jaipaul Ramdat and John Does 1-10 battered and arrested Kenneth Matthews at Matthews's home -3808 Beach Channel of Queens. The officers without a warning broke down Matthews's door, slammed him facedown and striked him on his face and head. The officers' warrant, however, was for a different unit of the same building - a mistake the officers should have recognized. During the arrest, Matthews complied with the officers' request peacefully. The officers then placed 5 tight pairs of handcuffs on Matthews. Matthews experienced immense pain from the tightness of the handcuffs and requested that they be loosened, but the officers ignored the request. Officers could have interven...
Weglarz, Lawrence, et Al vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 19CV10792,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, November 22, 2019, ended August 5, 2020
$30,000 Settlement
Knight, Cavalier D. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 101449/2019,
Supreme Court - New York, October 2, 2019, ended March 30, 2022
Administrative Closing
Mckenzie, Bryan vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 159003/2019,
Supreme Court - New York, September 19, 2019, ended July 13, 2022
Administrative Closing
New York Lawyers For The Public Interest vs Police, Department Of, Nyc, et al.
Case # 158010/2019,
Supreme Court - New York, September 11, 2019, ended December 3, 2021
Zero Disposition
Bolfo, Antonio vs O'neill, James, et al.
Case # 157451/2019,
Supreme Court - New York, August 1, 2019, ended March 29, 2022
Administrative Closing
Brassil, Gail vs O'neill, James, et al.
Case # 100879/2019,
Supreme Court - New York, July 26, 2019, ended February 11, 2022
Zero Disposition
Ramos, Jose vs O'neill, James, et al.
Case # 156853/2019,
Supreme Court - New York, July 26, 2019, ended January 25, 2023
Zero Disposition
Deodato, Matthew vs O'neill, James, et al.
Case # 156102/2019,
Supreme Court - New York, June 24, 2019, ended November 8, 2019
Zero Disposition
Herrera, Victor A., et Al vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 19CV03216,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, June 10, 2019
Complaint
Description: On August 17, 2017, Plaintiff Herrera was approached at the Bowery Men’s Shelter Kenton Hall by undercover police officer UC00084 and asked about purchasing illicit illegal substances. Herrera, a homeless resident of the shelter, responded in the negative, knowing nothing about such transactions and exited the interaction. The next time he exited the shelter, Herrera was arrested by unknown police officers. A grand jury indicted him and he was arraigned for third degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and third degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. On March 29, 2018, Herrera was acquitted by jury due to false testimony and he was exonerated of any criminal liability.
Santana, Lisa vs O'neill, James, et al.
Case # 100869/2019,
Supreme Court - New York, June 7, 2019, ended November 23, 2021
Administrative Closing
Anderson, Gregory vs Police Pension Fund, et al.
Case # 100764/2019,
Supreme Court - New York, May 23, 2019, ended March 28, 2022
Administrative Closing
Tsoulos, Nikolaos vs O'neill, James, et al.
Case # 154933/2019,
Supreme Court - New York, May 17, 2019, ended October 2, 2019
Zero Disposition
Foley, Matthew vs O'neill, James
Case # 154811/2019,
Supreme Court - New York, May 16, 2019, ended June 24, 2020
Zero Disposition
Mendez, Anthony vs O'neill, James P., et al.
Case # 154736/2019,
Supreme Court - New York, May 13, 2019, ended July 2, 2020
Zero Disposition
Dieudonne, Philome vs O'neill, James, et al.
Case # 100702/2019,
Supreme Court - New York, May 7, 2019, ended March 6, 2022
Zero Disposition
Brooks, Keith vs O'neill, James, et al.
Case # 100635/2019,
Supreme Court - New York, April 29, 2019, ended June 19, 2019
Zero Disposition
Ramirez, Jose vs O'neill, James, et al.
Case # 100525/2019,
Supreme Court - New York, April 10, 2019, ended June 26, 2020
Zero Disposition
Robilotto, Michael vs Civil Service Commission, Nyc et al.
Case # 100209/2019,
Supreme Court - New York, February 21, 2019, ended April 21, 2021
Zero Disposition
Blatt, Jonathan vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 19CV01227,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, February 21, 2019, ended March 25, 2019
Zero Disposition
Barry, Hugh vs O'neill, James, et al.
Case # 157969/2018,
Supreme Court - New York, August 28, 2018, ended August 10, 2022
Zero Disposition
Barry, Hugh vs O'neill, James P. et al.
Case # 157957/2018,
Supreme Court - New York, August 23, 2018
Wallace, Jaylyn vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 004349/2018,
Supreme Court - Queens, July 18, 2018, ended March 1, 2023
Zero Disposition
Drew, Christopher vs O'neill, James, et al.
Case # 100870/2018,
Supreme Court - New York, July 9, 2018, ended December 15, 2022
Zero Disposition
Santiago, Danny vs O'neill, James, et al.
Case # 100856/2018,
Supreme Court - New York, June 27, 2018, ended January 28, 2022
Zero Disposition
Femenias, Jacinta vs O'neill, James, et al.
Case # 100776/2018,
Supreme Court - New York, June 13, 2018, ended January 10, 2023
Zero Disposition
Luc, Marcelo vs O'neill, James, et al.
Case # 100754/2018,
Supreme Court - New York, June 7, 2018, ended March 18, 2022
Administrative Closing
Galluccio, Gerard vs O'neill, James P., et al.
Case # 100706/2018,
Supreme Court - New York, June 6, 2018, ended January 26, 2022
Zero Disposition
Wolotowski, Aneta vs O'neill, James P., et al.
Case # 100707/2018,
Supreme Court - New York, June 6, 2018, ended June 23, 2020
Zero Disposition
Patel, Kashyapbhai vs O'neill, James, et al.
Case # 100682/2018,
Supreme Court - New York, May 23, 2018, ended October 4, 2018
Zero Disposition
Geyman, Konstantin vs O'neill, James, et al.
Case # 154474/2018,
Supreme Court - New York, May 15, 2018, ended June 19, 2019
Zero Disposition
Depamphilis, Richard vs O'neill, James, et al.
Case # 100604/2018,
Supreme Court - New York, May 8, 2018, ended January 29, 2019
Zero Disposition
White, Pamela vs O'neill, James, et al.
Case # 154117/2018,
Supreme Court - New York, May 8, 2018, ended January 1, 2021
Administrative Closing
Nazario, John vs O'neill, James P., et al.
Case # 100536/2018,
Supreme Court - New York, May 2, 2018, ended June 24, 2020
Administrative Closing
Allen, John vs O'neill, James P., et al.
Case # 152341/2018,
Supreme Court - New York, March 16, 2018, ended August 19, 2019
Zero Disposition
Thomas, Devon vs O'neill, James, et al.
Case # 151785/2018,
Supreme Court - New York, March 1, 2018, ended November 23, 2021
Zero Disposition
Gheith, Sami vs O'neill, James, et al.
Case # 504128/2018,
Supreme Court - Kings, February 28, 2018, ended April 24, 2021
Zero Disposition
Murphy, Timothy vs O'neill, James, et al.
Case # 100137/2018,
Supreme Court - New York, February 9, 2018, ended June 24, 2019
Zero Disposition
Golden, Michael vs O'neill, James, P., et al.
Case # 100093/2018,
Supreme Court - New York, January 25, 2018, ended September 10, 2018
Zero Disposition
Arjun, Dinesh vs O'neill, James, et al.
Case # 100106/2018,
Supreme Court - New York, January 24, 2018, ended June 25, 2019
Zero Disposition
Haight, Gordon vs Board of Trustees New York City Police Pension Fund, et al.
Case # 101782/2017,
Supreme Court - New York, January 11, 2018, ended June 25, 2019
Zero Disposition
Mcgurk, Keith vs Board of Trustees of New York City Police Pension Fund, et al.
Case # 101783/2017,
Supreme Court - New York, January 11, 2018, ended June 25, 2019
Zero Disposition
Rodriguez, Vanessa vs Police Department, Nyc et al.
Case # 160126/2017,
Supreme Court - New York, December 19, 2017, ended June 19, 2018
Administrative Closing
Thomas, Biju vs O'neill, James, et al.
Case # 101740/2017,
Supreme Court - New York, December 12, 2017, ended June 26, 2019
Zero Disposition
Hyppolite, Pierre vs O'neill, James, et al.
Case # 159131/2017,
Supreme Court - New York, December 8, 2017, ended June 18, 2020
Zero Disposition
Velez, Tomas vs O'neill, James, et al.
Case # 101691/2017,
Supreme Court - New York, December 4, 2017, ended January 4, 2021
Zero Disposition
Marino, Steven vs Civil Service Commission, Nyc, et al.
Case # 101692/2017,
Supreme Court - New York, December 1, 2017, ended February 4, 2019
Zero Disposition
Oberlander, Richard vs Police Department, Nyc
Case # 101333/2017,
Supreme Court - New York, October 26, 2017, ended October 27, 2017
Administrative Closing
Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Formato, Ferrara, Wolf & Carone, Llp vs Police Department, Nyc, et al.
Case # 159342/2017,
Supreme Court - New York, October 20, 2017, ended September 20, 2019
Zero Disposition
Patel, Kashyapbhai vs O'neill, James
Case # 101472/2017,
Supreme Court - New York, October 18, 2017, ended November 9, 2017
Zero Disposition
Figueroa, Franklin vs O'neill, James, et al.
Case # 101404/2017,
Supreme Court - New York, October 11, 2017, ended June 21, 2022
Zero Disposition
Colavito, Francesco vs O'neill, James, et al.
Case # 101356/2017,
Supreme Court - New York, September 27, 2017, ended July 23, 2018
Zero Disposition
Russo, James vs O'neill, James, et al.
Case # 101229/2017,
Supreme Court - New York, September 21, 2017, ended November 23, 2021
Zero Disposition
Henderson, Howard vs O'neill, James, et al.
Case # 101271/2017,
Supreme Court - New York, September 21, 2017, ended September 10, 2018
Zero Disposition
Hernandez, Daniel vs O'neill, James, et al.
Case # 101324/2017,
Supreme Court - New York, September 21, 2017, ended January 26, 2022
Zero Disposition
Leibel, Justin vs Csc, Nypd Et. al.
Case # 101257/2017,
Supreme Court - New York, September 11, 2017, ended July 9, 2018
Administrative Closing
Lin, Ling vs O'neill, James, et al.
Case # 001557/2017,
Supreme Court - Kings, May 11, 2017, ended April 26, 2022
Administrative Closing
Harris, Alonzo vs O'neill, James, et al.
Case # 100402/2017,
Supreme Court - New York, April 17, 2017, ended May 8, 2019
Zero Disposition
Walker, Stephen, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 015405/2014,
Supreme Court - Kings, October 30, 2014, ended September 14, 2015
$55,000 Settlement
Simmons, Jameek, et Al vs Det. Aponte, Javier, et al.
Case # 13CV01890,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, July 12, 2013, ended March 17, 2014
$47,500 Settlement
Third Amended Complaint
Description: Armed defendant officers entered residence. Defendant officers physically assaulted plaintiffs and handcuffed them. Defendant officers claimed that plaintiffs' residence had a controlled substance. Plaintiffs were taken to the 75th precinct. One plaintiff was released from central booking without seeing a judge and another plaintiff had all charges against her dismissed.
Cherenfant v. City of New York et al.
Case # 14CV00240,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$23,898 Settlement
Amended Complaint,
Complaint,
Stipulation
Description: Defendant officers entered plaintiffs' residence. The defendants seized, detained, and handcuffed each of the plaintiffs including the infant plaintiff. Defendant officers accused plaintiffs of possessing drug paraphernalia. All charges against plaintiffs were dismissed.