Hinolito Inoa

Lawsuits

Named in 5 known lawsuits, $159,000 total settlements.

Clemente, Jayshawn, et Al vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 23CV02702, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, June 1, 2023, ended November 16, 2023
$14,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 3, 2020, at approximately 9:30 p.m., near 390 Lexington Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, plaintiffs Jayshawn Clemente and Deonte Holley (cousins) were driving in Jayshawn's car, along with other with other friends and family members. When Jayshawn stopped the car to drop off one of its occupants, the defendant officers came up to the vehicle, then proceeded to forcibly remove plaintiffs from the vehicle, handcuffed them tightly, and subjected them to illegal searches of their persons and the vehicle. No contraband or evidence of a crime was found. Nevertheless, plaintiffs were taken to the NYPD-79th Precinct, processed for arrest, and further illegally searched, with no contraband found. The officer...

Siddique, Abu vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 22CV03807, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, July 15, 2022
Complaint
Description: On March 30, 2021, the plaintiff was working at his business when an undercover NYPD officer entered the store trying to sell a phone. The officer refused to provide his identification, to which the plaintiff peacefully declined to purchase the device without ID. The officer then returned with another undercover NYPD officer and together they persisted about selling the phone to the plaintiff. After the plaintiff eventually agreed, he was arrested by uniformed NYPD officers under the accusation of possession of stolen property. He was then detained in a holding cell and asked to cooperate as an informant of drugs being sold around his business, in exchange for his charges dropped. The plaintiff refused to do so...

Cleveland, Jeremy vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 502306/2022, Supreme Court - Kings, February 1, 2022
Complaint
Description: On November 17, 2020, Jeremy Cleveland (Plaintiff) was at the home of a friend when he was subjected to an unlawful search and false arrest by PO Rinolito Inoa (Defendant). The Plaintiff was unlawfully searched, handcuffed and arrested, and subsequently accused of violation of New York Penal Law Section 140.17, Trespass in the First Degree. The Plaintiff was subsequently held in custody for approximately forty-eight hours, without lawful reason or cause. The Plaintiff was subsequently arraigned which criminal charges were subsequently dismissed. Plaintiff, after being arraigned, Plaintiff was not released and was remanded for custody of NY Corrections for alleged violation of Probation, even though the Plaintif...

Hoover, Eddie vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 21CV02484, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, May 20, 2021, ended April 5, 2023
$125,000 Settlement
Complaint

Schloss, Courtney vs City of New York, et A.
Case # 523281/2020, Supreme Court - Kings, November 25, 2020, ended September 5, 2023
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On June 6, 2019, at approximately 8:35 p.m., at the southwestern corner in the vicinity of Lewis Avenue and Broadway, within the County of Kings, New York, plaintiff Schloss was targeted, because of his race, for adverse police action, by Defendant NYPD officers Moses Lebron, Hinolito Inoa, Sergeant Ma Delossantos, and other unnamed officers. Plaintiff was legally driving in the area when Officers Lebron, Inoa, Delossantos, and others illegally stopped, approached, and questioned the plaintiff in his motor vehicle. The defendant officers stopped and questioned the plaintiff without any legal justification, and falsely accused him of Obstructing Governmental Administration, Disorderly Conduct and for No or Insuf...