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Kursat Pekgoz <pekgoz@usc.edu>

FOIA 17-01577-F [Update]

Kursat Pekgoz <pekgoz@usc.edu> Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 8:24 PM
To: "Swafford, Christie" <Christie.Swafford@ed.gov>
Cc: "Caliguiran, Arthur" <Arthur.Caliguiran@ed.gov>, "Dunaway, Sally" <Sally.Dunaway@ed.gov>

Dear Christie,

This is to let you know that I now have seven documents, one each from the following Regional Offices: Chicago,
Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Kansas City, Philadelphia, San Francisco. I am attaching them here for reference. Also, the
wording has changed from "any OCR precedent which affirms the penalization of a female perpetrator for victimizing a
male" to "of the 339 sexual violence cases on the latest open sexual violence case list .... the Notification Letter sent
by OCR to the complainant, for each complaint filed by a male student." Basically, the FOIA is asking for the
Notification Letters of all complaints filed by male students nationwide. The interim response letters use the old
wording but the Regional Offices have received the correct wording.

Based on the documents, I believe I have a total of 22 complaints filed by male students:

1) Chicago, four cases (presumably, based on page count).

2) Cleveland, one case (presumably, waiting for confirmation).
3) Dallas, four cases. A fifth case in a separate file.
4) Denver, one case.
5) Kansas City, one case.
6) Philadelphia, seven cases.
7) San Francisco, three cases.

If there is reason to redact the information as heavily as the Cleveland docket, then a Regional Office can at least
report the number of cases [filed by men] pending at their bureau. Also, the FOIA wording specifically refers to "339
sexual violence cases," so I am assuming the FOIA will terminate when I have received information about all OCR
complaints [filed by men] that were open at that time: 4 August 2017, if I recall correctly. I understand that some
FOIAs are ongoing requests, but my current understanding is that FOIA 17-01577-F is not an ongoing request. If a
Regional Office has no complaints filed by male students, then I would expect them to respond in the negative instead
of keeping the FOIA request open.

I would very much like to thank everyone who is engaged with this complex FOIA. Many people are waiting for the
final result.

Kind regards,
Kursat C. Pekgoz
Provost's Fellow
Department of English
University of Southern California

8 attachments
17-01577-F Denver.pdf
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17-01577-F Kansas City.pdf

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17-01577-F Philadelphia.pdf
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17-01577-F San Francisco.pdf

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17-01577-F Chicago.pdf
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17-01577-F Cleveland.docx
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17-01577-F Dallas (B).pdf

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