Brewster v. Aimes
- Garnett
- 1:24-cv-00882
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
In Brewster v. Aimes, Judge Garnett ordered the Law Department to provide addresses so two defendants could be served.
Tre’yshawn Brewster; Officer Mataka Aimes; Captain G.; Officer Yancy; the City of New York; the New York City Department of Correction; the New York City Law Department; the Clerk of Court; and the United States Marshals Service.
What happened
In Brewster v. Aimes, Tre’yshawn Brewster was proceeding without a lawyer and without prepaying filing fees. The court had asked several defendants to waive service of the summons, but the Department of Correction could not identify Officer Mataka Aimes or Captain G. from the names and identification numbers provided.
The court ordered the New York City Law Department to provide residential addresses for Officer Aimes and Captain G. to Brewster and the court within 30 days. The Law Department could send the addresses privately to the judge’s chambers to protect the officers’ privacy.
Judge Margaret M. Garnett said that after receiving the addresses, the court would direct the Clerk and the U.S. Marshals Service to prepare and deliver the documents needed to serve those defendants. The Clerk was also directed to mail the order to the Law Department.
The detailed version
- Brewster v. Aimes · No. 1:24-cv-00882
- Garnett
- Apr. 15, 2024
Background
Tre’yshawn Brewster, who was proceeding without a lawyer and without prepaying filing fees, was the plaintiff. The defendants identified in this order were the City of New York, Officer Mataka Aimes (#5739), Officer Yancy (#5363), and Captain G. (#1046).
On March 11, 2024, the court had asked the defendants to waive service of the summons. On April 9, the New York City Department of Correction filed an executed waiver for Officer Yancy. It also filed an unexecuted waiver for Officer Mataka Aimes and Captain G., stating that it could not identify Department of Correction employees matching those names and identification numbers. On April 10, the New York City Law Department filed a waiver for the City of New York.
Court’s Action
The court ordered the Law Department, as the attorney for the Department of Correction, to provide residential addresses for Officer Mataka Aimes and Captain G. to Brewster and the court within 30 days of the order. The court allowed the Law Department to provide the addresses privately by sending them directly to chambers to protect the defendants’ privacy.
After receiving the information, the court stated that it would issue an order directing the Clerk of Court to complete the forms used to request service by the United States Marshals Service and to send the necessary documents to that service. The Clerk was also directed to mail a copy of the order to the New York City Law Department. This order addressed the steps for serving two defendants; it did not decide the underlying claims described in the case.
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