Plaintiffs assert that Karadzic, in his capacity as President of Srpska, had authority over the Bosnian-Serb military forces that exercised control over significant portions of Bosnia and that defendant directed those forces to carry out the ethnic cleansing campaign against Bosnian Croats and Muslims. On remand, this Court referred the discovery phase of the case to the Honorable Henry B. Pitman, U.S. Magistrate Judge. Karadzic objected to the Order. While this Court was considering Judge Pitman's Order and the objections thereto, defendant's counsel submitted an unsworn faxed letter to the Court in which Karadzic announced that he found it impossible to contest in the United States the claims in Doe and Kadic . Defendant indicated that he had instructed the lawyer representing him in this action, Ramsey Clark, Esq., not to participate further in the proceedings before the Court.
Defendant offers no formal papers in opposition to the motions.
The court has utilized all relevant information at its disposal in reaching the conclusions set forth in this Opinion. Plaintiffs seek to remove Jane doe II as a class representative and to promote nine other class members to that status. Plaintiffs also propose to add a claim for forced idsappearance, a variation on the causes of action asserted in teh origninal Complaint. Finally, plaintiffs propose a number of minor amendments to the text of the Complaint. In the instant case, plaintiffs merely seek to change named plaintiffs in a class action.