Johnson v. Powell

Full title: J-QUAN JOHNSON, Plaintiff, v. POLICE OFFICER DWIGHT POWELL, Shield Number…

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

Date published: May 26, 2021

15 CIVIL 6915 (ER) (S.D.N.Y. May. 26, 2021)

Opinion

15 CIVIL 6915 (ER)

05-26-2021

J-QUAN JOHNSON, Plaintiff, v. POLICE OFFICER DWIGHT POWELL, Shield Number 9038; POLICE OFFICER EMMANUEL VALERIO, Shield Number 20335, POLICE OFFICER JAMES BURKE, Shield Number 28483; POLICE OFFICER ROBERT STAPLETON, Shield Number 17814; and POLICE OFFICER JOSE JOSEPHS, Shield Number 14133, Defendants.

RUBY J. KRAJICK Clerk of Court

JUDGMENT

It is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED: That following a Jury Trial before the Honorable Edgardo Ramos, United States District Judge, and pursuant to a jury verdict, judgment is entered as follow:

1. In favor of Plaintiff J-Quan Johnson as against Defendant Dwight Powell, in the amount of $ 60,000.00 for compensatory damages and $30,000.00 for punitive damages for a total sum of $90,000.00;

2. In favor of Plaintiff J-Quan Johnson as against Defendant Jose Joseph, in the amount of $40,000.00 for compensatory damages and $50,000.00 for punitive damages for a total sum of $90,000.00; and

3. The complaint is dismissed as against Defendants Emmanuel Valerio, Robert Stapleton, and James Burke.

DATED: New York, New York

May 26 , 2021

RUBY J. KRAJICK

Clerk of Court

BY: /s/ _________

Deputy Clerk

So Ordered:

/s/ _________

U.S.D.J.