FILED: BRONX COUNTY CLERK 01/05/2021 01:04 PM
`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1
`
`INDEX NO. 800095/2021E
`
`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 01/05/2021
`
`COURT
`OF THE STATE
`SUPREME
`OF BRONX
`COUNTY
`______________ _______ _ _--------------------------------------------X
`YELTSIN
`BELTRAN,
`
`OF NEW YORK
`
`No.:
`Index
`Date Purchased:
`SUMMONS
`
`Plaintiff(s),
`
`-against-
`
`CITY OF NEW YORK,
`in their
`capacities
`officially
`
`and JOHN DOES 1-10,
`as officers,
`
`individually
`
`and
`
`Defendant(s).
`----------------------------------------X
`
`To the
`
`above-named
`
`Defendant(s):
`
`Plaintiff
`designates
`of
`as the place
`trial.
`
`Bronx
`
`County
`
`.
`.
`is:
`of venue
`basis
`The
`Incident
`Where
`Occurred
`
`resides
`at:
`Plaintiff
`Avenue
`1600 Sedgwick
`NY 10453
`Bronx,
`of Bronx
`County
`
`- #8E
`
`You
`or
`
`are
`the
`
`if
`
`action
`in this
`the complaint
`to answer
`of your
`a copy
`and to serve
`r.-s::sd
`hereby
`on the
`a notice
`of appearance,
`this
`with
`is not
`complaint
`to serve
`served
`summons,
`after
`the service
`within
`(or
`the day of service
`exclusive
`of
`of
`this
`20 days
`summons,
`to you within
`the
`the service
`is complete
`if
`is not personally
`delivered
`this
`summons
`and in case of your
`or answer,
`judgment
`failure
`to appear
`will
`be taken
`against
`you by
`demanded
`in the complaint.
`
`Attorney(s)
`after
`30 days
`of New York);
`the relief
`for
`
`answer,
`Plaintiff's
`within
`State
`default
`
`Dated:
`
`New York,
`January
`
`New York
`5, 2021
`
`. KOUROUPAS,
`JO
`GRE NBERG & STEIN,
`Atto
`ey for Plaintiff
`YE
`BELTRAN
`TSIN
`360 Lexington
`Avenue,
`New York,
`New York
`681-2535
`(212)
`Our File No.
`
`6929
`
`ESQ.
`P.C.
`
`1501
`
`Suite
`10017
`
`1 of 26
`
`

`

`FILED: BRONX COUNTY CLERK 01/05/2021 01:04 PM
`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1
`
`INDEX NO. 800095/2021E
`
`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 01/05/2021
`
`TO:
`
`of New York
`City
`100 Church
`Street
`New York, NY 10007
`
`2 of 26
`
`

`

`FILED: BRONX COUNTY CLERK 01/05/2021 01:04 PM
`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1
`
`INDEX NO. 800095/2021E
`
`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 01/05/2021
`
`COURT OF THE STATE
`SUPREME
`OF BRONX
`COUNTY
`------------------------------------------------------------------------X
`YELTSIN
`
`BELTRAN,
`
`OF NEW YORK
`
`VERIFIED
`
`COMPLAINT
`
`Date Purchased:
`
`Plaintiff(s),
`
`-against-
`
`CITY
`
`officially
`
`OF NEW YORK,
`in their
`capacities
`
`and JOHN DOES 1-10,
`as officers,
`
`individually
`
`and
`
`-----------------
`
`Defendant(s).
`---------------------------
`
`----
`
`------X
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`by
`
`his
`
`attorneys,
`
`GREENBERG
`
`& STEIN,
`
`P.C.,
`
`for
`
`his
`
`complaint
`
`against
`
`the
`
`above
`
`Defendants,
`
`City
`
`of New York,
`
`individually
`
`and in their
`
`capacities
`
`as police
`
`officers,
`
`and John
`
`or Jane Does
`
`1-10,
`
`alleges
`
`and states
`
`as follows:
`
`1.
`
`This
`
`is a civil
`
`rights
`
`action
`
`in which
`
`Plaintiff
`
`seeks
`
`relief
`
`through
`
`42 U.S.C.
`
`§§ 1983
`
`and
`
`1988
`
`for
`
`the violations
`
`of his civil
`
`rights
`
`protected
`
`by Constitution
`
`of
`
`the United
`
`States
`
`and the
`
`Constitution
`
`and laws
`
`of
`
`the State
`
`of New York
`
`2.
`
`Plaintiff's
`
`arise
`
`from a June
`
`in which
`
`under
`
`claims
`
`07, 2019
`
`iñcidêñt,
`
`dcfêñdants,
`
`acting
`
`color
`
`of
`
`state
`
`law,
`
`üñ1awfálly
`
`arrested
`
`and deprived
`
`plaintiff
`
`of his
`
`liberty
`
`and caused
`
`him physical
`
`and
`
`emotional
`
`injuries.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`was maliciously
`
`prosecuted
`
`on said
`
`charges
`
`until
`
`all charges
`
`were
`
`dismissed
`
`on or before
`
`December
`
`16, 2019.
`
`3.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`seeks monetary
`
`damages
`
`(compensatory
`
`and punitive)
`
`against
`
`defendants,
`
`as well
`
`as an award
`
`of costs
`
`and
`
`attorneys'
`
`fees,
`
`and such
`
`other
`
`and further
`
`relief
`
`as the Court
`
`may
`
`deem just
`
`and proper.
`
`PARTIES
`
`4.
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`Yeltsin
`
`Beltran
`
`"Mr.
`
`Beltran
`
`",
`
`resides
`
`at 1600 Sedgwick
`
`Avenue
`
`- #8E, Bronx,
`
`NY 10453. Mr. Beltran
`
`was unlawfully
`
`arrested.
`
`5.
`
`Defêñdant,
`
`City
`
`of New York
`
`("City"),
`
`is a municipal
`
`corporation
`
`organized
`
`under
`
`the laws
`
`of
`
`the State of New York.
`
`3 of 26
`
`

`

`FILED: BRONX COUNTY CLERK 01/05/2021 01:04 PM
`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1
`
`INDEX NO. 800095/2021E
`
`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 01/05/2021
`
`6.
`
`That
`
`on March
`
`14, 2020,
`
`and within
`
`the time
`
`prescribed
`
`by
`
`law,
`
`a sworn Notice
`
`of Claim
`
`stating,
`
`among
`
`other
`
`things,
`
`the
`
`time
`
`when
`
`and
`
`place
`
`where
`
`the
`
`injuries
`
`and
`
`da2nages
`
`were
`
`sustained,
`
`together
`
`with
`
`Plaintiffs
`
`demands
`
`for
`
`adjustment
`
`thereof
`
`was
`
`duly
`
`served
`
`on the Plaintiffs
`
`behalf
`
`on the
`
`Comptroller
`
`for
`
`the City
`
`of New York
`
`and that
`
`thereafter
`
`said Comptroller
`
`for
`
`the City
`
`of New York
`
`refused
`
`or neglected
`
`than
`
`of
`
`this
`
`to make
`
`for more
`
`thirty
`
`(30)
`
`days,
`
`and up to the
`
`coscacement
`
`action,
`
`any
`
`adjustment
`
`or payment
`
`thereof,
`
`and that
`
`thereafter,
`
`and within
`
`the time
`
`provided
`
`by
`
`law,
`
`this
`
`action
`
`was
`
`commenced.
`
`7.
`
`At
`
`all
`
`times
`
`relevant
`
`hereto,
`
`Defendant
`
`City,
`
`acting
`
`through
`
`the New
`
`York
`
`City
`
`Police
`
`Department
`
`("NYPD"),
`
`was
`
`responsible
`
`for
`
`the policy,
`
`practice,
`
`supervision,
`
`implementation,
`
`and conduct
`
`of all NYPD matters
`
`and was responsible
`
`for
`
`the appoinns:ñt,
`
`training,
`
`supervision,
`
`discipline
`
`and retention
`
`and conduct
`
`police
`
`detectives
`
`officers
`
`as well
`
`of all NYPD personnel,
`
`including
`
`officers,
`
`and supervisory
`
`as the individually
`
`named
`
`Defendants
`
`herein.
`
`8.
`
`At all
`
`times
`
`here relevant,
`
`Dcfcñdant
`
`City was responsible
`
`for enforcing
`
`the rules
`
`of
`
`the
`
`NYPD,
`
`and for ensuring
`
`that
`
`the NYPD personnel
`
`obey
`
`the laws
`
`of
`
`the United
`
`States
`
`and of
`
`the State
`
`of
`
`New York.
`
`9.
`
`That
`
`on
`
`July
`
`10, 2020,
`
`pursuant
`
`to General
`
`Municipal
`
`Law
`
`50-h,
`
`a hearing
`
`was
`
`held
`
`virtually
`
`by zoom by designated
`
`agent
`
`of
`
`the New York
`
`City Comptroller.
`
`10.
`
`At
`
`all
`
`times
`
`relevant
`
`Defandant
`
`through
`
`York
`
`Police
`
`hereto,
`
`City,
`
`acting
`
`the New
`
`City
`
`Department
`
`("NYPD"),
`
`was
`
`responsible
`
`for
`
`the policy,
`
`practice,
`
`supervision,
`
`implementation,
`
`and conduct
`
`of all NYPD matters
`
`and was responsible
`
`for
`
`the appointment,
`
`training,
`
`supervision,
`
`discipline
`
`and retention
`
`and conduct
`
`of all NYPD personnel,
`
`including
`
`police
`
`officers,
`
`detectives
`
`and supervisory
`
`officers
`
`as well
`
`as the individually
`
`named
`
`Defendants
`
`herein.
`
`10.
`
`At all
`
`times
`
`here relevant,
`
`Defendant
`
`City was responsible
`
`for enforcing
`
`the rules
`
`of
`
`the NYPD,
`
`and for ensuring
`
`that
`
`the NYPD personnel
`
`obey
`
`the laws
`
`of
`
`the United
`
`States
`
`and of
`
`the State
`
`of New York.
`
`4 of 26
`
`

`

`FILED: BRONX COUNTY CLERK 01/05/2021 01:04 PM
`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1
`
`INDEX NO. 800095/2021E
`
`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 01/05/2021
`
`11.
`
`At all
`
`times
`
`relevant
`
`Defeñdañts,
`
`John
`
`or Jane Does
`
`1-10, were
`
`police
`
`officers,
`
`detectives,
`
`supervisors,
`
`policy
`
`makers
`
`and/or
`
`officials
`
`employed
`
`by the NYPD.
`
`At
`
`this
`
`time,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`does not
`
`know
`
`the true
`
`names
`
`or
`
`tax registry
`
`numbers
`
`of Defendants
`
`John
`
`or Jane Does
`
`1-10,
`
`as such kñõwledge
`
`is in the
`
`exclusive
`
`possession
`
`of
`
`the defendants.
`
`12.
`
`At
`
`all
`
`times
`
`relevañt
`
`herein,
`
`Defendants,
`
`John
`
`or Jane Does
`
`1-10, were
`
`acting
`
`as agents,
`
`or Jane Does
`
`servants
`
`and employees
`
`of
`
`the City
`
`of New York,
`
`and/or
`
`the NYPD.
`
`Defêñdâüts,
`
`John
`
`1-10,
`
`are being
`
`sued in their
`
`individual
`
`and official
`
`capacities.
`
`13.
`
`At all
`
`times
`
`here ruentioned,
`
`Defendants
`
`were
`
`acting
`
`under
`
`color
`
`of state law,
`
`to wit,
`
`under
`
`color
`
`of
`
`the
`
`statutes,
`
`ordinances,
`
`regulations,
`
`policies,
`
`customs
`
`and usages
`
`of
`
`the City
`
`and State
`
`of New
`
`York.
`
`to GML
`
`14.
`
`Plaintiffhas
`
`complied
`
`with
`
`defendant
`
`City's
`
`request
`
`to sit
`
`for an oral exemination,
`
`pursuant
`
`of
`
`defendant
`
`City's
`
`§50-h
`
`or
`
`such
`
`request
`
`was
`
`untimely
`
`noticed,
`
`thus
`
`resulting
`
`in a waiver
`
`entitlement
`
`to said oral
`
`examination.
`
`15.
`
`That
`
`this
`
`action
`
`is being
`
`commenced
`
`within
`
`one year
`
`and ninety
`
`days
`
`after
`
`accrual
`
`of
`
`this
`
`cause
`
`of action,
`
`or within
`
`the time
`
`allowed
`
`by
`
`law.
`
`16.
`
`That
`
`by
`
`reason
`
`of
`
`the
`
`foregoing,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`was
`
`damaged
`
`in
`
`a sum which
`
`exceeds
`
`the
`
`limits
`
`of all
`
`lower
`
`courts
`
`which
`
`otherwise
`
`have jurisdiction.
`
`jurisdictional
`
`would
`
`FACTUAL
`
`CHARGES
`
`17.
`
`On June
`
`7, 2019, Mr.
`
`Beltran
`
`was
`
`a legal
`
`resident
`
`of 1600 Sedgwick
`
`Avenue,
`
`Apartment
`
`8E, Bronx,
`
`New York
`
`10459.
`
`18.
`
`On said
`
`date,
`
`at approximately
`
`3:30 PM, Mr.
`
`Beltran
`
`falsely
`
`arrested
`
`the 48* NYPD
`
`at
`
`Precinct,
`
`located
`
`at 450 Cross
`
`Bronx
`
`Expressway,
`
`Bronx,
`
`New York
`
`10457.
`
`He was
`
`then
`
`charged
`
`with
`
`Bronx
`
`County
`
`Criminal
`
`Docket
`
`Number
`
`2019BX016204.
`
`19.
`
`On said date,
`
`time
`
`and location,
`
`Defcñdañts
`
`illegally
`
`and unlawfully
`
`arrested Mr. Beltran.
`
`5 of 26
`
`

`

`FILED: BRONX COUNTY CLERK 01/05/2021 01:04 PM
`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1
`
`INDEX NO. 800095/2021E
`
`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 01/05/2021
`
`20.
`
`At all
`
`relevant
`
`times,
`
`Defend:nte
`
`did not have
`
`a valid,
`
`judicially
`
`authorized
`
`arrest warrant
`
`for Mr. Beltran.
`
`21.
`
`Dend:nts
`
`falsely
`
`arrested,
`
`unlawfully
`
`imprisoned
`
`and illegally
`
`searched
`
`and seized Mr.
`
`Beltran.
`
`22.
`
`Defendants
`
`did not possess
`
`probable
`
`cause
`
`or other
`
`justification
`
`for
`
`the arrest
`
`or seizure
`
`of
`
`Mr. Beltran's
`
`person.
`
`23.
`
`Mr.
`
`Beltran
`
`had multiple
`
`assaults
`
`and batteries,
`
`com-mitted
`
`to his person,
`
`by defendants
`
`City
`
`of New York
`
`and the above-named
`
`officers.
`
`24.
`
`As
`
`a result
`
`of Dend=n÷²
`
`knowingly
`
`and
`
`intentionally
`
`made
`
`false
`
`statamants
`
`and
`
`allegations,
`
`Mr. Beltran
`
`was
`
`falsely
`
`arrested
`
`and charged
`
`with making
`
`False
`
`Statements
`
`under New York
`
`Penal
`
`Law 240.50.
`
`25.
`
`At
`
`all
`
`relevant
`
`times,
`
`Defendants
`
`intentionally
`
`provided
`
`said
`
`false
`
`information
`
`that would
`
`be likely
`
`to influence
`
`a prosecutor's
`
`decision
`
`to charge
`
`plaintiff
`
`with
`
`a crime
`
`or violation
`
`of
`
`the law so that
`
`a criminal
`
`prosecution
`
`would
`
`be initiated
`
`against Mr. Beltran.
`
`26.
`
`At all
`
`relevant
`
`times,
`
`Defnnd:nta
`
`intentianally
`
`provided
`
`said false
`
`information
`
`that would
`
`be likely
`
`to influence
`
`a prosecutor's
`
`decision
`
`to charge
`
`plaintiff
`
`with
`
`a crime
`
`or violation
`
`of
`
`the law so that
`
`a criminal
`
`prosecution
`
`would
`
`be initiated
`
`against Mr. Beltran.
`
`27.
`
`Defendants
`
`were
`
`fully
`
`aware
`
`that Mr. Beltran
`
`did not make
`
`false
`
`statements
`
`as accused
`
`defendants,
`
`but Defendants
`
`knowingly
`
`and intentionally
`
`decided
`
`to fabricate
`
`said observation
`
`to justify
`
`otherwise
`
`invalid
`
`arrest
`
`and to ensure
`
`that Plaintiff
`
`was maliciously
`
`prosecute
`
`and ultimately
`
`convicted.
`
`28.
`
`Upon
`
`arrival
`
`at said
`
`location
`
`or while
`
`plaintiff
`
`remained
`
`detained
`
`at 485 NYPD Precinct,
`
`he was illegally
`
`searched,
`
`questioned,
`
`photographad
`
`and fingerprinted
`
`by, or at
`
`the direction
`
`of Defendants.
`
`by
`
`an
`
`29.
`
`30.
`
`the law.
`
`Mr. Beltran
`
`was arraigned
`
`and formally
`
`charge.
`
`At no point
`
`did the dend:nh
`
`ever
`
`observe
`
`Mr. Beltran
`
`cerarsit
`
`any
`
`crime
`
`or violation
`
`of
`
`6 of 26
`
`

`

`FILED: BRONX COUNTY CLERK 01/05/2021 01:04 PM
`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1
`
`INDEX NO. 800095/2021E
`
`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 01/05/2021
`
`31.
`
`At no point
`
`were
`
`the defendants
`
`ever
`
`told
`
`by any witnesses
`
`that Mr. Beltran
`
`committed
`
`any
`
`crime
`
`or violation
`
`of
`
`the law.
`
`32.
`
`Mr.
`
`Beltran
`
`was
`
`compelled
`
`to return
`
`to court, multiple
`
`times,
`
`to contest
`
`the false
`
`charges
`
`levied
`
`against
`
`him.
`
`33.
`
`On December
`
`16, 2019,
`
`all charges
`
`against Mr. Beltran
`
`were
`
`üüccaditionally
`
`dismissed
`
`by
`
`Justice
`
`F. Wang,
`
`pursuant
`
`to CPL
`
`§ 160.50,
`
`representing
`
`a termination
`
`of
`
`the
`
`criminal
`
`charges
`
`in Mr.
`
`Beltran's
`
`favor.
`
`probable
`
`cause to believe
`
`succeed
`
`34.
`
`Defendants
`
`never
`
`possessed
`
`a prosecution
`
`would
`
`against
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`or
`
`that Plaintiff
`
`was guilty
`
`of any crime,
`
`as defendsts
`
`were
`
`fully
`
`aware
`
`that any evidence
`
`against
`
`Plaintiff
`
`was
`
`either
`
`fraudulent
`
`or
`
`fabricated,
`
`including
`
`the
`
`observation
`
`provided
`
`by acfemañts,
`
`in which
`
`Mr. Beltran
`
`falsely
`
`accused
`
`of making
`
`false
`
`statements.
`
`35.
`
`While
`
`Plaintiff
`
`was
`
`unlawfully
`
`detained,
`
`Defendants
`
`acting
`
`with malice,
`
`conveyed
`
`the
`
`aforc1ñentioned
`
`false, misleeding
`
`and
`
`incomplete
`
`information
`
`to prosecutors
`
`in order
`
`to have Plaintiff
`
`prosecuted.
`
`36.
`
`Defen&nts
`
`intentionally,
`
`kñ0wingly
`
`and
`
`falsely
`
`made
`
`said
`
`allegations
`
`to conceal
`
`their
`
`otherwise
`
`illegal,
`
`tortious
`
`and sinister
`
`acts, namely
`
`arresting
`
`an individual
`
`without
`
`probable
`
`cause.
`
`37.
`
`Defendañts
`
`suppressed
`
`evidence
`
`and cñgaged
`
`in conduct
`
`undertaken
`
`in bad faith,
`
`including
`
`the fabrication
`
`of
`
`false
`
`evidence
`
`and the gratuitous
`
`use of excessive
`
`force
`
`against
`
`plaintiff.
`
`38.
`
`At
`
`all
`
`times
`
`relevant
`
`hereto,
`
`Defendants,
`
`includiñg
`
`and
`
`John
`
`or Jane Does
`
`1-10, were
`
`in the decisi0ñ
`
`without
`
`probable
`
`cause
`
`or
`
`involved
`
`to arrest Plaintiff
`
`failed
`
`to intervene
`
`when
`
`they observed
`
`others
`
`arresting
`
`Plaintiff
`
`withuüt
`
`prchable
`
`cause
`
`or using
`
`excessive
`
`force
`
`to effectuate
`
`h_is arrest.
`
`39.
`
`At
`
`all
`
`times
`
`relevant
`
`hereto,
`
`Defendants,
`
`including
`
`John
`
`or Jane Does
`
`1-10,
`
`engaged
`
`in
`
`fraud,
`
`perjury,
`
`the suppression
`
`of evidence
`
`and other
`
`actions
`
`conducted
`
`in bad faith,
`
`or
`
`failed
`
`to intervene
`
`when
`
`defendets
`
`observed
`
`others
`
`doing
`
`so, all
`
`in furtherance
`
`of Plaintiff's
`
`wrongful
`
`arrest
`
`and subsequent
`
`malicious
`
`criminal
`
`prosecution.
`
`7 of 26
`
`

`

`FILED: BRONX COUNTY CLERK 01/05/2021 01:04 PM
`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1
`
`INDEX NO. 800095/2021E
`
`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 01/05/2021
`
`40,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`asserts
`
`that
`
`the
`
`defendants,
`
`including
`
`John
`
`or
`
`Jane Does
`
`1-10,
`
`who
`
`violated
`
`plaintiff's
`
`civil
`
`rights,
`
`are part of a larger
`
`pattern
`
`and practice
`
`of similar
`
`misconduct,
`
`which
`
`is so widespread,
`
`pervasive
`
`and
`
`consistent
`
`throughout
`
`the NYPD,
`
`and
`
`the City
`
`of New
`
`York
`
`that
`
`the
`
`commission
`
`such
`
`constitutionally
`
`violative
`
`behavior
`
`has become
`
`tantamount
`
`to an official
`
`policy
`
`or custom within
`
`the NYPD,
`
`and City
`
`of New
`
`York
`
`or, at
`
`the very
`
`least,
`
`conclusive
`
`evidence
`
`that
`
`the City, NYPD have
`
`either
`
`tacitly
`
`of such egregious
`
`wrongdoings
`
`or that
`
`indifferent
`
`to the civil
`
`rights
`
`approved
`
`they have become
`
`deliberately
`
`of
`
`those who may
`
`come
`
`into
`
`contact
`
`their
`
`police
`
`officers.
`
`41.
`
`The
`
`individually
`
`named
`
`defendants
`
`herein,
`
`as well
`
`as other
`
`officers
`
`serving
`
`in the employ
`
`of
`
`the NYPD,
`
`and City
`
`of New York,
`
`have
`
`blatantly,
`
`shamelessly,
`
`consistently
`
`and repeatedly
`
`engaged
`
`conduct
`
`violative
`
`of
`
`the
`
`civil
`
`rights
`
`guaranteed
`
`and
`
`protected
`
`by Constitution
`
`of
`
`the United
`
`States,
`
`in
`
`in
`
`addition
`
`to the laws
`
`and Constitution
`
`of
`
`the State
`
`of New York,
`
`all without
`
`incurring
`
`any
`
`ramifications
`
`for
`
`such misconduct
`
`and, ostensibly,
`
`with
`
`the full
`
`and complete
`
`of
`
`the NYPD,
`
`of New York
`
`blessing
`
`the City
`
`and their
`
`respective
`
`policymakers
`
`and supervisors.
`
`42.
`
`In a report
`
`by NBC Channel
`
`4 News, New York,
`
`entitled
`
`"Ex NYPD Sergeant
`
`Accused
`
`of
`
`Assaulting
`
`Man
`
`at Homeless
`
`Shelter,
`
`Stomping
`
`on His Head More
`
`Than
`
`10 Times,"
`
`Jonathan
`
`Dienst
`
`by
`
`and Joe Valiquette,
`
`horrific
`
`allegations
`
`against
`
`a former NYPD police
`
`sergeant
`
`were
`
`detailed,
`
`including
`
`his
`
`use of extreme
`
`and excessive
`
`force,
`
`as well
`
`as his
`
`falsifying
`
`evidence
`
`that was
`
`forwarded
`
`to prosecutors.
`
`The
`
`former
`
`NYPD sergeant
`
`is no longer
`
`by NYPD and his criminal
`
`case is presently
`
`being
`
`prosecuted
`
`by
`
`the United
`
`States
`
`Attorney's
`
`Office
`
`for
`
`the
`
`Southern
`
`District
`
`of New York.
`
`Another
`
`article
`
`from
`
`citylimits.org,
`
`entitled
`
`"CityViews:
`
`Is NYPD Oversight
`
`Really making
`
`Homeless
`
`Shelters
`
`Safer,"
`
`by Daniel
`
`Castillo,
`
`discusses
`
`how
`
`the NYPD
`
`police
`
`officers
`
`have
`
`begun
`
`to jointly
`
`enforce
`
`the
`
`law within
`
`many
`
`homeless
`
`shelters,
`
`but how such
`
`added
`
`policing
`
`has only worsened
`
`the already
`
`crime
`
`riddled
`
`areas.
`
`It also
`
`details
`
`how ongoing
`
`problems
`
`have
`
`only
`
`deteriorated
`
`since
`
`the newly
`
`enacted
`
`joint
`
`jurisdiction.
`
`43.
`
`The New
`
`York
`
`Times,
`
`as well
`
`as numerous
`
`other
`
`reputable
`
`journalistic
`
`enterprises,
`
`have
`
`reported
`
`on the widespread
`
`corruption
`
`within
`
`the NYPD,
`
`and City
`
`of New York,
`
`particularly
`
`the incredibly
`
`8 of 26
`
`

`

`FILED: BRONX COUNTY CLERK 01/05/2021 01:04 PM
`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1
`
`INDEX NO. 800095/2021E
`
`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 01/05/2021
`
`disconcerting
`
`proclivity
`
`of many NYPD officers
`
`to engage
`
`in the fabrication
`
`or misrepresentation
`
`or subject
`
`matters
`
`that
`
`are materially
`
`relevant
`
`to criminal
`
`prosecutions,
`
`including
`
`the complete
`
`fabrication
`
`of arrest
`
`evidence
`
`and witnesses..
`
`Also
`
`detailed,
`
`is
`
`the NYPD's
`
`obatinate
`
`refusal
`
`to
`
`effectuate
`
`corrective
`
`or
`
`preventive
`
`measures
`
`to combat
`
`the inevitable
`
`recurrence
`
`of such misdeeds,
`
`and perhaps most
`
`troubling,
`
`the
`
`NYPD's
`
`alarming
`
`tendency
`
`to,
`
`instead,
`
`reward
`
`and
`
`promote
`
`these
`
`officers,
`
`including
`
`those who
`
`were
`
`inculpated
`
`via some
`
`incontrovertible
`
`form of evidence.
`
`On March
`
`The New
`
`York
`
`Times
`
`pubhshed
`
`an
`
`explosive
`
`entitled
`
`44.
`
`18,
`
`2018,
`
`article,
`
`"Promotions,
`
`Not Punishments
`
`for Officers
`
`Accused
`
`of Lying,"
`
`written
`
`by Joseph Goldstein.
`
`Mr. Goldstein
`
`shines
`
`a light
`
`on the multitude
`
`of
`
`flaws
`
`within
`
`the CCRB and the NYPD,
`
`highlighting
`
`the
`
`fact
`
`that
`
`the
`
`substantiation
`
`of a claim
`
`against
`
`an officer
`
`will
`
`invariably
`
`rely
`
`on the presence
`
`of
`
`incontrovertible
`
`proof
`
`against
`
`the officer.
`
`Due
`
`to the rarity
`
`availability
`
`of
`
`this
`
`type
`
`of evidence,
`
`an alarmingly
`
`small
`
`percentage
`
`of
`
`officer
`
`misconduct
`
`claims
`
`are substantiated.
`
`The CCRB
`
`is further
`
`handicapped
`
`by
`
`a terribly
`
`designed
`
`system that
`
`requires
`
`evidence
`
`indisputable
`
`nature
`
`to substantiate
`
`claim against
`
`an officer.
`
`of a virtually
`
`any
`
`The
`
`article
`
`also
`
`details
`
`the NYPD's
`
`persistent
`
`relu
`
`nee to investigate
`
`or discipline
`
`officers
`
`who
`
`lie and
`
`even
`
`posits
`
`that
`
`this
`
`reluctance
`
`is a significant
`
`cause
`
`of
`
`the lying
`
`pend=k
`
`within
`
`the NYPD.
`
`The
`
`article
`
`references
`
`various
`
`officers
`
`and
`
`detectives
`
`who
`
`were
`
`the
`
`subject
`
`of
`
`credible
`
`accusations
`
`relating
`
`to the
`
`officers'
`
`intentionally
`
`false
`
`statements,
`
`with
`
`some
`
`allegations
`
`coming
`
`from federal
`
`and state judges.
`
`45.
`
`On
`
`September
`
`12,
`
`2019,
`
`The New
`
`York
`
`Times
`
`published
`
`another
`
`article
`
`by
`
`Joseph
`
`this
`
`Goldstein,
`
`entitled
`
`"Officers
`
`Said They
`
`Smelled
`
`Pot. The Judge Called
`
`Them Liars."
`
`Unsurprisingly,
`
`article
`
`dealt with
`
`the =neally
`
`high
`
`frequency
`
`of officers
`
`using
`
`the odor
`
`of
`
`rearijuaña
`
`to excuse
`
`a search
`
`that
`
`conspicuously
`
`does
`
`not
`
`result
`
`in the recovery
`
`of any
`
`rearijuasâ.
`
`It should
`
`not
`
`require
`
`an article
`
`in The
`
`New
`
`York
`
`Times
`
`to call
`
`atteñtion
`
`to such
`
`patently
`
`disiñgeñüous
`
`tactics,
`
`but
`
`has become
`
`necessary
`
`for
`
`a
`
`variety
`
`of
`
`reasons,
`
`including
`
`the NYPD's
`
`failure
`
`to correct
`
`such
`
`behavior,
`
`the willingness
`
`of prosecutors
`
`and judges
`
`to credit
`
`the lying
`
`officers
`
`and the increasing
`
`rate of occurrence.
`
`9 of 26
`
`

`

`FILED: BRONX COUNTY CLERK 01/05/2021 01:04 PM
`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1
`
`INDEX NO. 800095/2021E
`
`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 01/05/2021
`
`46.
`
`On April
`
`24, 2019,
`
`The New
`
`York
`
`Times
`
`published
`
`an article,
`
`entitled
`
`"Detective's
`
`Lies
`
`Sent Three
`
`People
`
`to Prison,
`
`Prosecutors
`
`Charge,"
`
`by Sean Piccolo,
`
`detailing
`
`the lies
`
`of NYPD
`
`Second
`
`Grade
`
`Detective
`
`Joseph
`
`Franco
`
`and how those
`
`lies
`
`resulted
`
`in the imprisonment
`
`of at
`
`least
`
`thme
`
`innocent
`
`people.
`
`The
`
`article
`
`described
`
`how
`
`Det.
`
`Franco
`
`lied
`
`about
`
`observing
`
`drug
`
`transactions
`
`on at
`
`least
`
`three
`
`separate
`
`occasions,
`
`lies
`
`that were
`
`uncovered
`
`through
`
`video
`
`evidence.
`
`Det. Franco's
`
`lies
`
`only
`
`contradictory
`
`resulted
`
`in the innocent
`
`individuals
`
`each being
`
`setweed
`
`to prison
`
`terms
`
`in excess
`
`of one-year.
`
`47.
`
`Other
`
`articles
`
`include:
`
`"Testilying'
`
`(i)
`
`by
`
`Police:
`
`A Stubborn
`
`Problem.,"
`
`by
`
`Joseph
`
`Goldstein,
`
`The New York
`
`Times, March
`
`18, 2018;
`
`(ii)
`
`"New
`
`York
`
`Detective
`
`Charged
`
`with
`
`Faking
`
`Lineup
`
`Results,"
`
`by Joseph Goldstein,
`
`The New York
`
`Times,
`
`February
`
`17, 2018;
`
`(iii)
`
`"He Excelled
`
`as a Detective,
`
`Until
`
`Prosecutors
`
`Stopped
`
`Believing
`
`Him,"
`
`by Joseph Goldstein,
`
`The New York
`
`Times, October
`
`17, 2017;
`
`Board
`
`Notes Rise
`
`in New York
`
`Police
`
`Officers'
`
`Statemet,"
`
`False
`
`The
`
`(iv)
`
`"Review
`
`by J. David
`
`Goodman,
`
`New York
`
`Times, May
`
`14, 2015;
`
`(v)
`
`"In Brooklyn
`
`Gun Cases,
`
`Suspicion
`
`Turns
`
`to the
`
`Police,"
`
`by Stephanie
`
`Clifford,
`
`The New York
`
`Times, December
`
`11, 2014;
`
`(vi)
`
`"Detective
`
`is Found Guilty
`
`of Planting
`
`Drugs,"
`
`by
`
`Tim Stelloh,
`
`The New York Times, November
`
`1, 2011;
`
`and (vii)
`
`"The Drugs?
`
`They Came
`
`From the
`
`Police,"
`
`by Jim Dwyer,
`
`The New York
`
`Times, October
`
`13, 2011.
`
`48.
`
`The NYPD has a longstanding
`
`and ignominious
`
`record
`
`of
`
`failing
`
`to discipline
`
`its officers,
`
`or even
`
`entertaining
`
`allegations
`
`of wrongdoing
`
`against
`
`them.
`
`On
`
`June
`
`26,
`
`2019,
`
`The New
`
`York
`
`Times
`
`"2,495
`
`of Police
`
`N.Y.P.D."
`
`published
`
`an article,
`
`entitled
`
`Reports
`
`Bias. Not One Was Deemed
`
`Valid
`
`by the
`
`This
`
`article
`
`reported
`
`that within
`
`the last
`
`five
`
`(5) years,
`
`almost
`
`2,500
`
`separate
`
`individuals
`
`have
`
`filed
`
`formal
`
`cc·mplaints
`
`with
`
`the NYPD alleging
`
`that an officer
`
`acted with
`
`bias
`
`toward
`
`them, with
`
`not a single
`
`one being
`
`substantiated
`
`by
`
`the NYPD.
`
`Such
`
`a finding
`
`is plainly
`
`incredible
`
`and obviously
`
`the result
`
`of deliberately
`
`poor
`
`or nonexistent
`
`investigatory
`
`protocols.
`
`The
`
`report
`
`further
`
`impagñcd
`
`the NYPD's
`
`ce---"-ant
`
`to
`
`combat
`
`the prejudices
`
`and the biases
`
`exhibited
`
`by many
`
`of
`
`its officers.
`
`10 of 26
`
`

`

`FILED: BRONX COUNTY CLERK 01/05/2021 01:04 PM
`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1
`
`INDEX NO. 800095/2021E
`
`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 01/05/2021
`
`49.
`
`Upon
`
`information
`
`and
`
`belief,
`
`the NYPD,
`
`the City
`
`of New
`
`York,
`
`and
`
`their
`
`respective
`
`policymakers,
`
`officials
`
`or supervisors
`
`have
`
`imposed,
`
`tacitly
`
`approved
`
`or acquieseed
`
`to policies,
`
`customs,
`
`or patterns
`
`and practices
`
`within
`
`the NYPD that
`
`resulted
`
`in plaintiff's
`
`arrest without
`
`probable
`
`cause.
`
`50.
`
`Upon
`
`information
`
`and
`
`belief,
`
`the NYPD,
`
`the City
`
`of New York,
`
`and
`
`their
`
`respective
`
`policymakers
`
`or
`
`supervisors
`
`have
`
`failed
`
`to
`
`provide
`
`adequate
`
`training
`
`regarding
`
`the
`
`identification
`
`of
`
`probable
`
`reasonable
`
`suspicion
`
`or
`
`the appropriate
`
`amount
`
`of
`
`force
`
`to be used.
`
`cause,
`
`51.
`
`Defendants'
`
`actions,
`
`pursuant
`
`to plaintiff's
`
`üñderlying
`
`arrest, which
`
`occurred
`
`without
`
`even
`
`the ca=hlanca
`
`of probable
`
`cause, were
`
`so blatantly
`
`violative
`
`of plaintiff's
`
`civil
`
`rights
`
`that
`
`the tacit
`
`approval
`
`of
`
`identical
`
`or similar
`
`acts by the policymakers
`
`or supervisors
`
`of
`
`the NYPD,
`
`and the City
`
`of New York,
`
`as
`
`well
`
`as their
`
`deliberate
`
`indifference
`
`towards
`
`the rights
`
`of any
`
`individuals
`
`who may
`
`come
`
`into
`
`contact
`
`with
`
`defendants,
`
`should
`
`be inferred,
`
`because
`
`such flagrant
`
`deprivations
`
`of constitutionally
`
`protected
`
`rights
`
`could
`
`not and would
`
`not occur without
`
`the tacit
`
`approval
`
`or deliberate
`
`indifference
`
`regarding
`
`the ce==ission
`
`of
`
`or supervisors
`
`of
`
`such
`
`violations
`
`by the policymakers
`
`the NYPD,
`
`and City
`
`of New York.
`
`52.
`
`Upon
`
`information
`
`and belief,
`
`further
`
`details
`
`and
`
`facts,
`
`relating
`
`to the unlawful
`
`policies,
`
`customs
`
`or patterns
`
`and
`
`practices
`
`of
`
`the NYPD,
`
`City
`
`of New York
`
`and
`
`their
`
`respective
`
`policymakers,
`
`supervisors,
`
`police
`
`officers
`
`or employees,
`
`will
`
`become
`
`known
`
`after
`
`the completion
`
`of discovery,
`
`as such
`
`information
`
`is presently
`
`within
`
`the exclusive
`
`possession
`
`of defedants,
`
`the NYPD,
`
`and City
`
`of New York.
`
`53.
`
`Upon
`
`information
`
`and belief,
`
`the personnel
`
`files,
`
`records
`
`and disciplinary
`
`histories
`
`of
`
`the
`
`defedsts
`
`will
`
`violations
`
`i=linative
`
`of
`
`defendant
`
`City's
`
`officer
`
`reveal
`
`a history
`
`of Constitutional
`
`knowledge
`
`that
`
`the
`
`individual
`
`officer
`
`defeñdants
`
`were
`
`unfit
`
`for
`
`employment
`
`as NYPD
`
`officers,
`
`or
`
`for
`
`employment
`
`in general,
`
`and that
`
`the probability
`
`of
`
`the individually
`
`named
`
`defendants
`
`ce==4++ing
`
`similar
`
`violations
`
`in the future
`
`was extremely
`
`high.
`
`54.
`
`Upon
`
`information
`
`and belief,
`
`said
`
`personnel
`
`files,
`
`records
`
`and disciplinary
`
`histories
`
`will
`
`conclusively
`
`show
`
`that
`
`the City,
`
`and
`
`the NYPD
`
`were
`
`fully
`
`aware
`
`of
`
`defendants'
`
`past
`
`constitutional
`
`violations,
`
`the ùñacceptably
`
`high
`
`probability
`
`for
`
`the recurrence
`
`of similar
`
`transgression
`
`the unreasonably
`
`11 of 26
`
`

`

`FILED: BRONX COUNTY CLERK 01/05/2021 01:04 PM
`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1
`
`INDEX NO. 800095/2021E
`
`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 01/05/2021
`
`dangerous
`
`situations
`
`that were
`
`likely
`
`to result
`
`from their
`
`hiring
`
`or
`
`retention,
`
`as well
`
`as their
`
`unsüitability
`
`for
`
`employment
`
`as law enforcement
`
`officers,
`
`or
`
`for employment
`
`in general,
`
`and that
`
`the NYPD,
`
`and City
`
`of New York
`
`failed
`
`to engage
`
`in any preventive
`
`or corrective
`
`action
`
`iñtcñded
`
`to diminish
`
`the likelihood
`
`of
`
`recurrence
`
`for
`
`such violations,
`
`which
`
`is tantamounttothe
`
`City's
`
`tacit
`
`approval
`
`of such misconduct
`
`or
`
`the
`
`City's
`
`deliberate
`
`indifference
`
`towards
`
`the
`
`civil
`
`rights
`
`of
`
`those
`
`who may
`
`intaract
`
`with
`
`its employees,
`
`including
`
`John
`
`or Jane Does
`
`1-10.
`
`55.
`
`As a direct
`
`and proximate
`
`result
`
`of
`
`the acts of defendants,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`suffered
`
`the following
`
`injuries
`
`and
`
`damages:
`
`violations
`
`of his
`
`rights
`
`pursuâñt
`
`to the Fourth
`
`and Fourteenth
`
`Amcedreent
`
`of
`
`the
`
`violations
`
`of New York
`
`physical
`
`physical
`
`pain
`
`United
`
`States Constitution,
`
`State law,
`
`injury,
`
`and suffering,
`
`emotional
`
`trauma
`
`and suffering,
`
`inchiding
`
`fear,
`
`embarrassment,
`
`humiliation,
`
`emotional
`
`distress,
`
`frustration,
`
`extreme
`
`incoñvcñicñce,
`
`anxiety,
`
`loss of
`
`liberty
`
`and harm to reputation.
`
`FIRST
`Unlawful
`
`CAUSE
`Search
`New York
`
`OF ACTION
`and Seizure
`Under
`State
`Law
`
`56.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`re-alleges
`
`and re-avers
`
`Paragraph
`
`1 through
`
`55 of
`
`this Coraplaiñt
`
`as if
`
`fully
`
`set
`
`forth
`
`57.
`
`herein.
`D±±±
`
`subjected
`
`plaintiff
`
`and his property
`
`to unreasonable
`
`searches
`
`and seizures
`
`without
`
`a valid
`
`warrant
`
`and without
`
`reas:nnable
`
`suspician
`
`or probable
`
`cause
`
`do so.
`
`58.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`was
`
`conscious
`
`and fully
`
`aware
`
`of
`
`the unreasonable
`
`searches
`
`and seizures
`
`to
`
`(his/her)
`
`person
`
`and property.
`
`59.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`did not
`
`consent
`
`to the unreasonable
`
`searches
`
`and seizures
`
`to his person
`
`or
`
`property.
`
`60.
`
`The unreas0ñable
`
`searches
`
`and seizures
`
`to plaintiff's
`
`person
`
`and property
`
`were
`
`not
`
`otherwise
`
`privileged.
`
`12 of 26
`
`

`

`FILED: BRONX COUNTY CLERK 01/05/2021 01:04 PM
`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1
`
`INDEX NO. 800095/2021E
`
`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 01/05/2021
`
`61.
`
`Accordingly,
`
`defendants
`
`violated
`
`plaintiffs
`
`right
`
`to be free from unreasonable
`
`searches
`
`and seizures,
`
`pursuant
`
`to the Fourth
`
`Amendreent
`
`to the United
`
`States Constitution
`
`and Article
`
`I, Section
`
`12, of
`
`the New York
`
`State Constitution.
`
`62.
`
`Defendant
`
`City
`
`of New York,
`
`as employer
`
`of
`
`the individual
`
`Defendants,
`
`is responsible
`
`for
`
`their wrongdoings
`
`under
`
`the doctrine
`
`of
`
`respondeat
`
`superior.
`
`63.
`
`As a direct
`
`and proximate
`
`result
`
`of
`
`this
`
`unlawful
`
`conduct,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`sustained
`
`the damages
`
`hereinbefore
`
`alleged.
`
`SECOND
`Unlawful
`42 U.S.C.
`
`OF ACTION
`CAUSE
`and Seizure
`Under
`Search
`§ 1983 Against
`Individual
`Defendants
`
`64.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`re-alleges
`
`and re-avers
`
`Paragraph
`
`1 through
`
`63 of
`
`this Complaint
`
`as if
`
`fully
`
`set
`
`forth
`
`herein.
`
`65.
`
`Defendants
`
`subjected
`
`plaintiff
`
`and
`
`his
`
`property
`
`to unreasonable
`
`searches
`
`and
`
`seizures
`
`without
`
`reasonable
`
`or probable
`
`cause
`
`do so.
`
`a valid
`
`warrant
`
`and without
`
`suspicion
`
`66.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`was
`
`conscious
`
`and fully
`
`aware
`
`of
`
`the unreasonable
`
`searches
`
`and seizures
`
`to his
`
`person
`
`and property.
`
`67.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`did
`
`not
`
`consent
`
`to the unreasonable
`
`searches
`
`and seizures
`
`to (his/her)
`
`person
`
`or
`
`property.
`
`68.
`
`The
`
`unreasonable
`
`searches
`
`and
`
`seizures
`
`to
`
`plaintiff's
`
`person
`
`and
`
`property
`
`were
`
`not
`
`otherwise
`
`privileged.
`
`69.
`
`Accordingly,
`
`defendants
`
`violated
`
`plaintiff's
`
`right
`
`to be free
`
`from unreasonable
`
`searches
`
`and
`
`seizures,
`
`pursuant
`
`to the Fourth
`
`A2nendment
`
`to the United
`
`States Constitution
`
`and Article
`
`I, Section
`
`12, of
`
`the New York
`
`State Constitution.
`
`70.
`
`As a direct
`
`and proximate
`
`result
`
`of
`
`this
`
`unlawful
`
`conduct,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`sustained
`
`the damages
`
`hereinbefore
`
`alleged.
`
`THIRD
`False Arrest
`
`CAUSE OF ACTION
`and False
`Imprisonment
`
`Under
`
`13 of 26
`
`

`

`FILED: BRONX COUNTY CLERK 01/05/2021 01:04 PM
`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1
`
`INDEX NO. 800095/2021E
`
`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 01/05/2021
`
`New York
`
`State
`
`Law
`
`71.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`re-alleges
`
`and re-avers
`
`Paragraph
`
`1 through
`
`70 of
`
`this Complaint
`
`as if
`
`fully
`
`set
`
`forth
`
`herein.
`
`72.
`
`Defeñdâñts
`
`subjected
`
`Plaintiff
`
`to false
`
`arrest,
`
`false imprisonmant,
`
`and deprivation
`
`of
`
`liberty
`
`without
`
`probable
`
`cause.
`
`73.
`
`74.
`
`75.
`
`76.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`was
`
`conscious
`
`of his confinement.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`did not
`
`consent
`
`to his confinament.
`
`Plaintiff's
`
`arrest
`
`and false
`
`imprisonment
`
`was not otherwise
`
`privileged.
`
`Defendant
`
`City,
`
`as employer
`
`of
`
`the
`
`individual
`
`Defendants,
`
`is
`
`respeñsible
`
`for
`
`their
`
`wrongdoing
`
`under
`
`the doctriñc
`
`of
`
`respondeat
`
`superior.
`
`77.
`
`As a direct
`
`and proximate
`
`result
`
`of
`
`this
`
`unlawful
`
`conduct,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`sustained
`
`the damages
`
`hereinbefore
`
`alleged.
`
`FOURTH
`False Arrest
`42 U.S.C.
`
`Under
`Defendants
`
`OF ACTION
`CAUSE
`and False
`Imprisonment
`Individual
`§ 1983 Against
`
`78.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`re-alleges
`
`and re-avers
`
`Paragraphs
`
`1 through
`
`77 of
`
`this Complaint
`
`as if
`
`fully
`
`set
`
`forth
`
`herein.
`
`79.
`
`The Defendants
`
`violated
`
`the Fourth
`
`and Fourteenth
`
`Anieñ-i=ents
`
`to the U.S. Cóñstitution
`
`by wrongfully
`
`and illegally
`
`arresting,
`
`detaining
`
`and imprisoning
`
`Plaintiff.
`
`80.
`
`The
`
`wrongful,
`
`unjustifiable,
`
`and
`
`unlawful
`
`apprehension,
`
`arrest,
`
`detention,
`
`and
`
`imprisonment
`
`of Plaintiff
`
`was
`
`carried
`
`out without
`
`a valid
`
`warrant,
`
`without
`
`Plaintiff's
`
`consent,
`
`and without
`
`probable
`
`cause
`
`or
`
`reasonable
`
`suspicion.
`
`81.
`
`At
`
`all
`
`relevant
`
`times,
`
`Defendants
`
`acted
`
`forcibly
`
`in
`
`apprehêñdhig,
`
`arresting,
`
`and
`
`imprisoning
`
`Plaintiff.
`
`82.
`
`As a direct
`
`and prnvimate
`
`result
`
`of
`
`this
`
`üñ1awful
`
`conduct,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`sustained
`
`the damages
`
`hereinbefore
`
`alleged.
`
`14 of 26
`
`

`

`FILED: BRONX COUNTY CLERK 01/05/2021 01:04 PM
`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1
`
`INDEX NO. 800095/2021E
`
`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 01/05/2021
`
`CAUSE OF ACTION
`FIFTH
`Under
`and Battery
`Assault
`New York
`State
`Law
`
`83.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`re-alleges
`
`and re-avers
`
`Paragraph
`
`1 through
`
`82 of
`
`this Complaint
`
`as if
`
`fully
`
`set
`
`forth
`
`herein.
`
`84.
`
`Defendants
`
`made
`
`plaintiff
`
`fear
`
`for
`
`his
`
`physical
`
`well-being
`
`and
`
`safety
`
`and placed
`
`his
`
`in
`
`appreheñsion
`
`of
`
`immediate
`
`harmful
`
`and/or
`
`offensive
`
`touching.
`
`85.
`
`Defcñdañts
`
`engaged
`
`in
`
`and
`
`subjected
`
`plaintiff
`
`to
`
`immediate
`
`harmful
`
`and/or
`
`offensive
`
`touching
`
`and battered
`
`his without
`
`his consent.
`
`86.
`
`Daf=d:nt
`
`City,
`
`as
`
`employer
`
`of
`
`the
`
`individual
`
`Defendants,
`
`is
`
`responsible
`
`for
`
`their
`
`under
`
`the doctrine
`
`of
`
`respondeat
`
`superior.
`
`wrongdoing
`
`alleged.
`
`87.
`
`As a direct
`
`and proximate
`
`result
`
`of
`
`this breach,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`anatained
`
`the damages
`
`hereinbefore
`
`CAUSE OF ACTION
`SIXTH
`Force Under
`Excessive
`Individual
`§ 1983 Against
`
`42 U.S.C.
`
`Defendants
`
`88.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`re-alleges
`
`and re-avers
`
`Paragraphs
`
`1 thicagh
`
`87 of
`
`this Complai=t
`
`as if
`
`fully
`
`set
`
`forth
`
`herein.
`
`89.
`
`The Defendants
`
`violated
`
`Plaintiff's
`
`rights
`
`under
`
`the Fourth
`
`and Fourteenth
`
`Amendments,
`
`hecause
`
`they
`
`used unreasonable
`
`force without
`
`Plaintiff's
`
`conaant.
`
`90.
`
`Defeñdañts
`
`engaged
`
`in
`
`and
`
`aubj~·ted
`
`Plaintiff
`
`to
`
`immediate
`
`harmful
`
`and/or
`
`offensive
`
`touching
`
`and battered
`
`him without
`
`his consent.
`
`91.
`
`As a direct
`
`and proximate
`
`result
`
`of
`
`this breach,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`cuc+=4=ad the damages
`
`acrciabcfore
`
`alleged.
`
`CAUSE OF ACTION
`SEVENTH
`Prosecution
`Under
`Malicious
`State Law
`New York
`
`15 of 26
`
`

`

`FILED: BRONX COUNTY CLERK 01/05/2021 01:04 PM
`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1
`
`INDEX NO. 800095/2021E
`
`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 01/05/2021
`
`92.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`re-alleges
`
`and re-avers
`
`Paragraph
`
`1 through
`
`91 of
`
`this Complaint
`
`as if
`
`fully
`
`set
`
`forth
`
`herein.
`
`93.
`
`94.
`
`would
`
`succeed.
`
`95.
`
`96.
`
`Defendants
`
`initiated
`
`the prosecution
`
`against
`
`Plaintiff.
`
`Defendants
`
`lacked
`
`probable
`
`cause
`
`to believe
`
`Plaintiff
`
`was
`
`guilty
`
`or
`
`that
`
`a prosecution
`
`Defendants
`
`acted with malice.
`
`The
`
`prosecution
`
`was
`
`terminated
`
`in Plaintiff's
`
`favor
`
`when
`
`all
`
`criminal
`
`charges
`
`were
`
`dismissed
`
`and sealed.
`
`97.
`
`Defendant
`
`City,
`
`as
`
`employer
`
`of
`
`the
`
`individual
`
`Defendants,
`
`is
`
`responsible
`
`for
`
`their
`
`wrongdoing
`
`under
`
`the doctrine
`
`of
`
`respondeat
`
`superior.
`
`98.
`
`and proximate
`
`result
`
`of
`
`Plaintiff
`
`the damages
`
`hereinbefore
`
`As a direct
`
`this breach,
`
`sustained
`
`alleged.
`
`OF ACTION
`EIGHTH
`CAILSE
`Prosecution
`Under
`Malicious
`42 U.S.C.
`§ 1983 Against
`Individual
`
`Defendants
`
`99.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`re-alleges
`
`and re-avers
`
`Paragraphs
`
`1 through
`
`98 of
`
`this Complaint
`
`as if
`
`fully
`
`set
`
`forth
`
`herein.
`
`100.
`
`Defcadañts
`
`initiated
`
`the prosecution
`
`against
`
`Plaintiff.
`
`101.
`
`Defe±mts
`
`lacked
`
`probable
`
`cause
`
`to believe
`
`Plaintiff
`
`was
`
`guilty
`
`or
`
`that
`
`a prosecution
`
`would
`
`succeed.
`
`102.
`
`103.
`
`Defendants
`
`acted with malice.
`
`The
`
`prosecution
`
`was
`
`terminated
`
`in Plaintiff's
`
`favor
`
`when
`
`all
`
`