Umar Khitab

Lawsuits

Named in 9 known lawsuits, $228,250 total settlements.

Chang, Li-Shann vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 25CV02108, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, April 22, 2025
Complaint

Jackson, Frederick vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 504569/2023, Supreme Court - Kings, May 4, 2023, ended June 29, 2026
$25,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On February 12, 2020, plaintiff Frederick Jackson was sleeping in his bed located in his home in Brooklyn, when several police officers, among whom sergeant Avinash Patel, detective Krystopher Valentin, detective Matthew Fagan, police officer Steven Rupnick, detective specialist Patrick Barry, and sergeant Umar Khitab, awoke him, executing a search warrant obtained by using false information. The target of the warrant was a person who was not living in the apartment. The plaintiff was holding a baseball bat believing that his apartment has been burglarized. After the officers screamed to drop the bat, he dropped it and the officers searched him unlawfully. The plaintiff was handcuffed and told that he was arres...

White, Malik vs Mccarthy, Kevin, et al.
Case # 511724/2022, Supreme Court - Kings, August 9, 2022, ended December 13, 2024
$67,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On September 13, 2018 at around 12:50AM, Plaintiff Malik White was driving down a public street in Brooklyn. Plaintiff White noticed that a car with tinted windows was following him. This car - which was an unmarked police car, pulled over the Plaintiff and Defendant Officers stepped out, but did not immediately identify themselves as NYPD. The men in the unmarked car were Defendant Officers Kevin McCarthy, Umar Khitab, and Steven Rupnick. One Officer asked Plaintiff for his license and registration and Plaintiff looked for it, but also asked why he had been stopped. The Officer began to get hostile, eventually pulling Plaintiff out of the car and taking his cellphone. Two other Defendant Officers then be...

Grant, Alonzo, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 523839/2020, Supreme Court - Kings, December 3, 2020
Complaint
Description: On August 17, 2019, at approximately 9:30 p.m., Alonzo Grant was at his residence in Queens when NYPD officers arrived in response to an alleged domestic dispute. The officers, without justification or probable cause, forcibly entered Mr. Grant’s home and used excessive force during his arrest, despite no resistance. Mr. Grant was tackled to the ground, handcuffed tightly, and assaulted, causing him to suffer physical injuries. Despite the lack of probable cause, Mr. Grant was falsely arrested and charged with obstructing governmental administration, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct. The officers failed to intervene or prevent the excessive force used by their colleagues. Mr. Grant's charges were later...

Salam, Karim vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 19CV07195, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, March 18, 2020, ended April 5, 2021
$2,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On December 21, 2016, defendants Cuevas and Khitab, while dressed in plain clothes, unlawfully stopped and frisked Plaintiff Salim without incident and without identifying themselves as police officers.

Rogers, Shaheim, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 19CV03360, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, June 11, 2019, ended January 10, 2020
$12,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On October 25, 2017, Shaheim Rogers, Bevon Benn, and Sianna Stewart were waiting for a friend inside a rental Zipcar outside of an apartment building. Officers Fagan, Patel, Khitab, and Does approached the car, ordered everyone outside, tightly handcuffed them, searched them, searched the Zipcar, and searched Sianna's wallet. The officers found no contraband. The officers asked who the owner of the car was, and the group responded that it was Dayvoun Joyner, their friend. The officers refused to let Sianna call Dayvoun, and brought them to the precinct for processing, where they again searched the group. Dayvoun came to the precinct and told officers that the group was authorized to drive the car, but they rema...

Dupree, Terry vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 510321/2019, Supreme Court - Kings, May 9, 2019
Complaint
Description: On May 18, 2018, the plaintiff was inside a store at 1295 Pacific Street, Brooklyn, New York. While the plaintiff was giving a customer change, defendant NYPD police officers entered the store and forcefully stopped the plaintiff and handcuffed him tightly. While handcuffed the defendants conducted an invasive body cavity search inside the store three times, by two separate officers, without gloves. No contraband was found on the plaintiff. While at the precinct the plaintiff was subjected to another cavity search, and nothing was recovered. The plaintiff's request for medical attention was denied.

Stewart, Sianna vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 18CV04841, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, September 4, 2018, ended July 1, 2019
$16,250 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On October 25, 2017, plaintiff was sitting in a Zipcar rented by a friend when defendant officers approached the car and ordered everyone to exit. Plaintiff was handcuffed and subjected to an illegal search. She was falsely arrested and charged with possession of a forged instrument, unauthorized use of a vehicle and possession of marihuana. All charges were dismissed. In November 2017, defendant police officers again illegally searched and then arrested plaintiff. Though defendant police officers all knew that plaintiff had not committed any offense, they still transported her to the precinct for processing. Ultimately, the prosecutors declined to prosecute.

Alexandre, Jakheem, et al. vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 507295/2018, Supreme Court - Kings, April 17, 2018, ended August 5, 2025
$105,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about July 29, 2017, JAHKEEM ALEXANDRE and CARA ALEXANDRE (Plaintiffs) were unlawfully, willfully and knowingly assaulted and battered by Police Officer PATRICK CRAIG, UMAR KHITAB, ALEX VIERA and JOHN DOES (Defendants). The Plaintiffs were falsely arrested and imprisoned without justification or probable cause. The Defendants then created and submitted an erroneous police report in an effort to cover up the unlawful arrest and initiated a prosecution in bad faith. The assault resulted in severe injuries, including physical pain, mental anguish, and psychological trauma. and the actions of the defendants were malicious, willful and grossly negligent. There is also the broader issue of negligent hiring ...