EDNY Judge Denies Summary Judgment in Case Over Alleged Unlawful Detention of Man Later Killed byNYPD Cops

Brooklyn, NY — A federal judge has denied a motion for summary judgment brought by NYPD officers seeking to dismiss an unlawful detention claim related to the 2022 death of Jacob Emmanuel Almonte, a man who was forcibly taken to the hospital during a disputed encounter with police and later died following an unrelated incident involving law enforcement.

In a memorandum and order issued by Judge Ann M. Donnelly, the court found that factual disputes surrounding the officers’ justification for detaining Almonte under New York’s mental health intervention law, § 9.41 of the Mental Hygiene Law, preclude summary judgment.

Key Facts

On March 13, 2022, NYPD Officers Kareem Husaini and Manish Sharma responded to a 911 call about a man asleep in a parked car in Queens. The individual was Jacob A