Filed Date: Sept. 25, 2017
Closed Date: April 4, 2019
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On September 25, 2017, three detectives of the New York Police Department (NYPD) filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued the City of New York, the NYPD Deputy Commissioner, and the NYPD Assistant Chief under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and state law. The plaintiffs, represented by the New York Civil Liberties Union and private counsel, sought declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief as well as attorneys’ fees and costs. The case was assigned to Judge Gregory H. Woods and referred to Magistrate Judge Barbara C. Moses.
The plaintiffs filed this action to vindicate the rights of the many African American detectives in the NYPD’s Intelligence Division whose promotions, according to the plaintiffs, were denied or delayed solely based on race. The plaintiffs claimed that NYPD’s Intelligence Division had implemented a secretive and unstructured promotions policy, administered by white supervisors who refused to promote deserving African-Americans detectives. As a result of these policies, the named plaintiffs and other African-American detectives had been repeatedly denied promotions in violation of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
In 2011, the plaintiffs had filed a complaint against the department with the EEOC. In 2016, the EEOC found that the plaintiffs, and black detectives in general, received lesser and later opportunities for promotion than appropriate given their qualifications. After an attempt at conciliation failed, the EEOC recommended the case to the Department of Justice, which determined not to file suit. The Plaintiffs then brought this suit.
On December 5, 2017, the court entered an order of automatic referral to mediation pursuant to the court’s standing Administrative Order of May 24, 2015. The standing order required that all counseled employment discrimination cases, except those brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act, were to be automatically referred to the Southern District of New York’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Program of mediation upon the filing of an answer.
On January 19, 2018, the parties entered into a stipulated confidentiality agreement, setting out terms for the rest of discovery. Discovery continued until April 4th, 2019, when the parties reached a confidential settlement agreement. The New York Daily News reported that the agreement included $700,000 in damages to cover backpay and loss of reputation.
On April 4, the court ordered that the action be discontinued with prejudice (since the court does not retain jurisdiction to enforce confidential settlements), unless the plaintiffs moved within 30 days to restore the action to the active calendar. The plaintiffs were granted three extensions to this deadline, but did not move to restore the action. As there are no further motions in the dockets, this case is presumed closed.
Summary Authors
Jake Parker (6/20/2018)
Jonah Feitelson (3/26/2020)
For PACER's information on parties and their attorneys, see: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6228055/parties/coleman-v-the-city-of-new-york/
Alexander, William Clifton (New York)
Abrams, David Gordon (New York)
Abt, Uriel Benjamin (New York)
Adams, Daniel Lloyd (New York)
Akina, William Keaupuni (New York)
Woods, Gregory Howard III (New York)
Abrams, David Gordon (New York)
Abt, Uriel Benjamin (New York)
Adams, Daniel Lloyd (New York)
Akina, William Keaupuni (New York)
Alibey, Fayola Naila (New York)
Amron, Susan Elizabeth (New York)
Anakhu, Joy Tolulope (New York)
Andersen, Jane Elizabeth (New York)
Aribakan, Suzanne Emily (New York)
Arko, Christopher G. (New York)
Asner, Marcus Aaron (New York)
Auletta, Steven Joseph (New York)
Bahrenburg, Richard (New York)
Bailey, Percival Roberts (New York)
Balog, Aliza Jordana (New York)
Bardauskis, Elizabeth (New York)
Barker, Kami Zumbach (New York)
Barnett, Camille Danielle (New York)
Bauman, Wesley Eugene (New York)
Beath, Patrick Neil (New York)
Becker, Elizabeth Joan (New York)
Becker, Jonathan Starr (New York)
Bergman, Zachary Russell (New York)
Birnbaum, Brooke Allyson (New York)
Birnbaum, Janice Louise (New York)
Blackman, Duane Gordon (New York)
Bloom, Aaron Michael (New York)
Booth, Amatullah Khaliha (New York)
Bouriat, Christopher Saleh (New York)
Braman, Leonard Matthew (New York)
Branch, Cassandra Natasha (New York)
Braun, Daniel Michael (New York)
Breslow, Stephanie Marie (New York)
Brocker, Peter William (New York)
Brooks, Jeffrey Charles (New York)
Brown, Norman Jeffrey (New York)
Bruzzese, Sheryl Ann (New York)
Buckwalter, Ellen Lori (New York)
Burgess, Christine C. (New York)
Byrns, Katherine Abigail (New York)
Calhoun, Martha Anne (New York)
Calistro, Phyllis Gail (New York)
Camacho, Andrea Sacco (New York)
Campbell-Priveterre, Joyce D. (New York)
Campins, Nicholas G. (New York)
Canfield, Donna Anne (New York)
Cannella, Nicholas M. (New York)
Carbone, Christian D (New York)
Cardozo, Michael A. (New York)
Carpenter, Megan Burrows (New York)
Castro, Johana Vanessa (New York)
Cavalieri, Meghan Ann (New York)
Ceballo, Brian Paul (New York)
Chavez, Jacqueline Carolina (New York)
Chen, Caroline Ling-Yu (New York)
Chin, Natalie Michele (New York)
Ciappetta, Nicholas R. (New York)
Clark, Shawn Raymond (New York)
Clayton, Danielle Yolanda (New York)
Cleary, Ryan Michael (New York)
Cohen, Jessica Talia (New York)
Collyer, Adam Edward (New York)
Comfrey, Kathleen Marie (New York)
Conger, Megan Patricia (New York)
Connolly, Kevin Patrick (New York)
Cooke, Brenda Elaine (New York)
Cooper, David Allen (New York)
Coyne, Jennifer Angela (New York)
Crowe, Alicia Marie (New York)
Daitz, Elizabeth M. (New York)
D'Andrea, Theresa Jeanine (New York)
Dantowitz, Jeffrey Scott (New York)
Davis, Nicholas Shea (New York)
Dawkins, Julinda A. (New York)
DeCastro, Maria Fernanda (New York)
DeLuca, Christopher Dominick (New York)
Delvecchio, Laura Anne (New York)
DePaul, Philip Rudolph (New York)
Depoian, Carolyn Kay (New York)
Dervin, James Monroe (New York)
Desmond, James Finbar (New York)
Disenso, Anthony Matthew (New York)
Dole-Merson, Vivian (New York)
Dollin, Elizabeth Wizeman (New York)
Dougherty, Jeffrey Anthony (New York)
Duhaime, Tila Marie (New York)
Eichenholtz, Seth D. (New York)
Eichenholtz, Eric Jay (New York)
Elfenbein, Randall Marc (New York)
Englert, Eviana Linnea (New York)
Fabian, Shawn David (New York)
Faddis, Hannah Victoria (New York)
Fain, Courtney Patrice (New York)
Farrar, Brian Jeremy (New York)
Farrell, Odile Maun (New York)
Farrell, Peter Gerard (New York)
Ferrell, Erin Laree (New York)
Fett, Baree Nichole (New York)
Fitzgibbon, Kaitlin E. (New York)
Fleming, Michael Friel (New York)
Fogarty, Peter John (New York)
Forster, Ian William (New York)
Fraenkel, William Solomon (New York)
Francoeur, Joseph Louis (New York)
Francolla, Brian Christopher (New York)
Fretel, Anna Nguyen (New York)
Friedman, Bryce Leigh (New York)
Friedman, Joshua Mathew (New York)
Friedman, Jamie Fiedler (New York)
Friedrich, Krista Ann (New York)
Frommer, Hillary Ann (New York)
Fudim, Elissa Paulette (New York)
Garman, Ashley Rebecca (New York)
Gertzer, Michael Keith (New York)
Giblin, Vincent Michael (New York)
Gilmartin, Patrick C. (New York)
Giovanatti, Neil Anthony (New York)
Gomez-Sanchez, Daniel Sergio (New York)
Greene, Daniel Patrick (New York)
Greenfield, Blanche Jayne (New York)
Greenwald, Robin L. (New York)
Gutmann, Joseph Aaron (New York)
Haber, Erica Michelle (New York)
Haberman, Paul Stuart (New York)
Hagopian, Caleb Charles (New York)
Haider, Bilal Husain (New York)
Halbardier, Suzanne M. (New York)
Hall, Randolph Warren (New York)
Hallman, James Lamar (New York)
Hanlon, Craig Andrew (New York)
Harvis, Gabriel Paul (New York)
Heer, Christopher Lee (New York)
Heim, Douglas William (New York)
Hirschklau, Rebecca Rachel (New York)
Horton, James Fredrick (New York)
Houghton, Jonathan Morgan (New York)
Hueston, Michael Oliver (New York)
Jacobs, Elissa Beth (New York)
Johnson, Paul Hasan (New York)
Jorgensen, Jeremy Laurence (New York)
Joyce, Kimberly Marie (New York)
Kaiser, Eliza Allan (New York)
Kantor, Scott Justin (New York)
Kelly, Timothy Joseph (New York)
Kilduff, Kathleen Marie (New York)
Kitzinger, Stephen Edward (New York)
Koduru, Jennifer Lilly (New York)
Kornspan, Susan Fleischner (New York)
Kramer, Tucker Christian (New York)
Krasnow, Elizabeth Norris (New York)
Krishnan, Sabita Lakshmi (New York)
Krueger, Jenna Lynn (New York)
Kruk, Carolyn Elizabeth (New York)
Langdale, Elizabeth Darrow (New York)
Larkin, Arthur Gabriel (New York)
Lebeaux, Edward Walter (New York)
Leghorn, Thomas Arthur (New York)
Leighton, Maxwell Douglas (New York)
Leist, Alexis Lucia (New York)
Lemonedes, James M. (New York)
Lichterman, Ariel Shaun (New York)
Lively, Lauren Almquist (New York)
Low-Beer, John Rudolf (New York)
Lucas, Andrew Joseph (New York)
MacFarlane, Katherine Alice (New York)
Maclean, Matthew Jeffrey (New York)
MacLeod, Shawna Currie (New York)
Mahon, Pamela Lynam (New York)
Manningham, Nicholas Daniel (New York)
Mansoor, Dustin Peter (New York)
Marcoccia, Rachel Kathryn (New York)
Martone, Heather Marie (New York)
Marutollo, Joseph Anthony (New York)
Maxey, Brian Guenther (New York)
Mbabazi, Deborah L. (New York)
Mbaye, Lesley Berson (New York)
McEldrew, James Joseph (New York)
McGillivary, Gregory Keith (New York)
McKinney, Morgan Chmiel (New York)
Melissinos, Nicholas (New York)
Mendez, Ivan A. Jr. (New York)
Mettham, Suzanna Publicker (New York)
Mindrutiu, Linda Margareta (New York)
Minko, Anthony James (New York)
Minnah-Donkoh, Kuuku Angate (New York)
Mitchell, Alison Sue (New York)
Mixson, Mark Sterling (New York)
Modafferi, Matthew Joseph (New York)
Montoya, Concepcion A. (New York)
Mooney, Ellen Elizabeth (New York)
Moston, Rachel Kane (New York)
Mouton, Gregory Paul (New York)
Murray, Diana Marsh (New York)
Muschenheim, Mark W. (New York)
Myerberg, Andrew Thomas (New York)
Naughton, Kathleen Erin (New York)
Neufeld, Sheryl Rebecca (New York)
Nimick, Virginia Jackson (New York)
Noble, Alexander Macrae (New York)
Oates, William Kevin (New York)
O'Brien, John Charles (New York)
O'Connor, Andrea Mary (New York)
O'Connor, Katie Colleen (New York)
O'Flynn, Mary Theresa (New York)
Okereke, Amy Nkemka (New York)
Okoh, Okwede Niesha (New York)
Owen, Andrew Galway (New York)
Passeser, Daniel Louis (New York)
Pasternack, Scott M. (New York)
Patrick, Bradford Collins (New York)
Peterson, Duncan Archie (New York)
Pollack, David Michael (New York)
Priveterre, Joyce Diane (New York)
Profeta, Lawrence J. (New York)
Publicker, Suzanna Hallie (New York)
Pullio, Robyn Nicole (New York)
Rabinowitz, Lisa S. (New York)
Rabinowitz, Michael G. (New York)
Rauchberg, Andrew James (New York)
Ravenborg, Daron R. (New York)
Razzano, Pasquale A. (New York)
Reddy, Prathyusha Bandi (New York)
Reilly, Kathleen Deborah (New York)
Renaghan, Sean Robert (New York)
Resnik, Scott Andrew (New York)
Richards, Camiel S. (New York)
Richardson, Lisa Marie (New York)
Rivera, Suzette Corinne (New York)
Rodriguez, Wilda J. (New York)
Rosencrantz, Caryn A. (New York)
Rosenkilde, Kiran Hans (New York)
Rosenthal, Gary Philip (New York)
Rossan, Jennifer Amy (New York)
Rubin, Jennifer Lindsay (New York)
Saavedra, Daniel G. (New York)
Sadok, Melanie Vogel (New York)
Sagalovich, Alexandra (New York)
Saint-Fort, Dominique F. (New York)
Sampale, Suvarna S. (New York)
Santiago, Leticia Joy (New York)
Sarpong, Nana Kwame (New York)
Savino, Kimberly Marie (New York)
Scharfstein, Susan P. (New York)
Scheiner, Alan Howard (New York)
Schnittman, Evan Robert (New York)
Schowengerdt, John S (New York)
Schuman, Jennifer Helen (New York)
Seacord, Christopher Aaron (New York)
Seligman, Rachel Amy (New York)
Shaffer, Jack Kevin (New York)
Shaffer, Ryan Glenn (New York)
Shammas, Cheryl Leah (New York)
Shtelmakher, Milena (New York)
Siaw, Stephanie Ahyemah (New York)
Siddiqi, Omar Javed (New York)
Silver, Cecilia Ann (New York)
Silverberg, Steven Mark (New York)
Silverman, Scott Craig (New York)
Silvermintz, Robyn Leigh (New York)
Singleton, Gerald E. (New York)
Siskind, Shira Rachel (New York)
Sitaras, Basil Constantine (New York)
Smith, Jordan Michael (New York)
Smith, Katherine Elizabeth (New York)
Smith, Valerie Elizabeth (New York)
Smith, Qiana Charmaine (New York)
Smith-Williams, Qiana Charmaine (New York)
Soterakis, George Thomas (New York)
Speight, Melanie Mary (New York)
Sprovieri, Kathryn M (New York)
Stackhouse, Noreen M. (New York)
Stamatelos, Paulina (New York)
Stearman, Gary Kenneth (New York)
Stern, Steven Charles (New York)
Stockman, Benjamin Eldridge (New York)
Stodola, Damion Kenneth (New York)
Suarez, Michael Anthony (New York)
Sundack, Tracie Ann (New York)
Tann, Sabrina Melissa (New York)
Telfort, Pernell Michael (New York)
Thadani, Kavin Suresh (New York)
Toson, Lilia Isobel (New York)
Traverse, Benjamin J. (New York)
Vickers, Judson Krebbs (New York)
Villanueva, Paul Michael (New York)
Waldauer, Jonathan Max (New York)
Wasserman, Blair M. (New York)
Weiler, Fred Michael (New York)
Weiner, Joshua Alan (New York)
Weingarten, Richard Keith (New York)
Weir, Matthew Charles (New York)
Welch, Alicia Hayley (New York)
Wells, Elizabeth A. (New York)
Wenzel, Andrew Patrick (New York)
Wertheimer, Joshua Chanan (New York)
Westenberger, Eric Sean (New York)
Willey, Joseph Victor (New York)
Williams, Lesley Elizabeth (New York)
Winningham, Katherine K (New York)
Winslow, Lamar Devaughn (New York)
Yogiaveetil, Rosemary (New York)
Zangrilli, Joseph Peter (New York)
Zgodny, Vicki Becker (New York)
Ziff-Wasserman, Blair (New York)
See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6228055/coleman-v-the-city-of-new-york/
Last updated Feb. 12, 2024, 3:05 a.m.
State / Territory: New York
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Key Dates
Filing Date: Sept. 25, 2017
Closing Date: April 4, 2019
Case Ongoing: No
Plaintiffs
Plaintiff Description:
Three detectives of the New York Police Department who claimed they were passed over for promotion due to racial discrimination.
Plaintiff Type(s):
Attorney Organizations:
Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP
Public Interest Lawyer: Yes
Filed Pro Se: No
Class Action Sought: Yes
Class Action Outcome: Mooted before ruling
Defendants
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Case Details
Causes of Action:
Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e
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Outcome
Prevailing Party: Plaintiff
Nature of Relief:
Source of Relief:
Amount Defendant Pays: $700,000
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Race: