Fowler-Washington v. The City of New York

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ---------------------------------X IKEEM FOWLER-WASHINGTON, Plaintiff, MEMORANDUM AND ORDER v. 19-CV-6590(KAM)(RER) CITY OF NEW YORK, et al., Defendants. ---------------------------------X KIYO A. MATSUMOTO, United States District Judge: This case involves civil rights claims brought pursuant to

42 U.S.C. §§ 1983

and 1988. The plaintiff, Ikeem Fowler-Washington (“Plaintiff”), alleges that police officers from the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) used excessive force while arresting him at his home in 2017.1 On October 5, 2020,…