ALVARADO v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA FELISHATAY ALVARADO : CIVIL ACTION : v. : NO. 22-3763 : CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, P/O : JOSHUA BURKITT, P/O ERIC : CLARK, P/O JOSE HAMOY, SGT. : KEVIN MELLODY, LT. DEMETRIUS : MONK, P/O BRIAN MURRAY, P/O : PATRICK SABA, P/O EDWARD SONG : MEMORANDUM MURPHY, J. June 9, 2025 In the early hours of a spring morning in 2021, a Philadelphia SWAT team set out to execute a search warrant identifying a second-floor rear apartment in northeast Philadelphia. The officers went to the right building, but they chose to break down the…