While dismissing the bulk of a civil rights lawsuit against Reading police officers stemming from their response to a noise complaint, a federal judge has allowed an assault and battery claim to move forward against the defendants.

U.S. District Judge Joseph F. Leeson of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted in part and denied in part the Reading Police Department’s motion to dismiss eight counts of the 10-count complaint filed by plaintiffs Julian Parrilla Perez, Carla Rivera Cruz and Ady Rashid Rodriguez Perez.