HERNANDEZ v. MONTOYA

Civ. No. 16-04592 (KM) (MAH).

636 F.Supp.3d 511 (2022)

Angel HERNANDEZ, Plaintiff, v. Det. E. MONTOYA, Det. Judeh, Det. Sgt. Esposito, Det. Macolino, Det. Sgt. Huntington, Det. E. Gonzalez, City of Paterson, NJ, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

Signed October 20, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ashlee C. Murph , Parker Ibrahim & Berg LLP, Somerset, NJ, Christopher Eugene Torkelson , David P. Skand , Ian M. Oakley , Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC, Lawrenceville, NJ, for Plaintiff.

Nicholas J. Palma , Clifton, NJ, Valerie Michelle Palma Deluisi , Law Offices of Nicholas J. Palma Esq., PC, Clifton, NJ, Phylicia Amanda Preston , Victor A. Afanador , Lite Depalma Greenberg & Afanador, LLC, Newark, NJ, for Defendant E. Montoya.

David L. Pine , Fair Lawn, NJ, Ronald C. Hunt , Hunt, Hamlin & Ridley, Newark, NJ, for Defendant Esposito.

Jonathan W. Marotta , Sciro & Marotta, P.C., Paterson, NJ, Phylicia Amanda Preston , Victor A. Afanador , Lite Depalma Greenberg & Afanador, LLC, Newark, NJ, for Defendant Judeh.

Joel M. Miklacki , Passaic, NJ, Phylicia Amanda Preston , Victor A. Afanador , Lite Depalma Greenberg & Afanador, LLC, Newark, NJ, for Defendant Macolino.

Patrick J. Caserta , Patrick J. Caserta, Esq., L.L.C., Woodland Park, NJ, Phylicia Amanda Preston , Victor A. Afanador , Lite Depalma Greenberg & Afanador, LLC, Newark, NJ, for Defendant Huntington.

Phylicia Amanda Preston , Victor A. Afanador , Lite Depalma Greenberg & Afanador, LLC, Newark, NJ, for Defendant All Other Unknown Officers.


OPINION

Plaintiff Angel Hernandez initiated this action in July 2016 against multiple officers of the Paterson, New Jersey police department, seeking damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (DE 1.)1 Hernandez alleged in the complaint that the officers used excessive...

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