Opinion ID: 4527065
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Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Pre-Assault Claim

Text: To support Appellants’ pre-assault claim, the FAC includes allegations relating to UC’s history of responding to reports of sexual misconduct. The FAC describes a 2014 report prepared by the California State Auditor detailing several deficiencies in UC’s handling of sexual-harassment cases between 2009 and 2013. The FAC also highlights an administrative Title IX claim filed in 2014 by thirty-one women, alleging that UC has not adequately responded to complaints of sexual assault since 1979. Appellants allege that UC resolved a majority of sexual-assault complaints with informal processes, even though Oldham publicly stated that only formal processes should be used in cases of sexual assault. And finally, the FAC alleges that UC “consciously and intentionally” chose to resolve sexual-assault reports informally to avoid its statutory duty to report cases of sexual violence to DOE. Based on these allegations, the FAC concludes that UC maintained “a policy of deliberate indifference to sexual misconduct against female students” that created a “sexually hostile environment” and heightened the risk that Appellants would be assaulted. 16 KARASEK V. REGENTS OF THE UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA