Presently before the Court are pending Motions to Dismiss by Defendants Research Triangle Institute (RTI) and Unity Resources in the separate cases of Plaintiffs Marani Awanis Manook and Jalal Askander Antranick…Plaintiffs allege that Defendant Unity personnel, while in the course of their service to Defendant RTI, shot and killed Marani Manook and Genevia Antranick without cause…Plaintiffs bring claims for (1) war crime violations of the Alien Tort Statute; (2) Aiding and Abetting under the Alien Tort Statute; (3) violations of the Torture Victim Protection Act; (4) Assault and Battery…Regarding Plaintiff Marani Manook’s case for the foregoing reasons, it is hereby ordered that Defendant Unity’s Motion to Dismiss the First Amended Complaint is denied in part and reserved in part…Defendant RTI’s Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint, or Alternatively, Motion for Definite Statement and to Transfer Any Remaining Claims is granted in part and denied in part…