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DOE v. ISLAMIC SALVATION FRONT (FIS)

Civil Action No. 96-02792 (SS).

993 F.Supp. 3 (1998)

Jane DOE I, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ISLAMIC SALVATION FRONT (FIS) and Anwar Haddam, Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

February 3, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Maggio, Maggio & Kattar, Washington, DC, Stephanie W. Fell, Jeffrey H. Blum, Michele Stephensen, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York City, Rhonda Copelon, International Women's Human Rights Law Clinic, Flushing, NY, for Plaintiff.

Nicholas Gilman, Karla E. Saguil, Gilman & Pangia, Washington, DC, Malea Kiblan, Kiblan & Battles, McLean, VA, for Defendants.

Lisa E. Cleary, Cowen, Liebowitz & Lessem, P.C., New York City.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

SPORKIN, District Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on Defendant Haddam's motion to dismiss. Plaintiffs are eight anonymous Algerian and French female citizens and the Rassemblement Algerien de Femmes Democrates (RAFD), a non-governmental membership organization of Algerian women with its headquarters in Algiers. Plaintiffs bring this action under the Alien Tort Claims Act ("ATCA"), 28 U.S.C. § 1350 (1997) and the Torture...

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