UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, REGION I 5 POST OFFICE SQUARE, 8th FLOOR BOSTON, MASSACH USETTS 02109 -3 9 2 1 APR17 2017 (b)(6),(b)(7)(C) Re: Case No . 0 1-15-2204 Yale University Dear (b)(6),(b)(7)(C) The U.S. Department of Education. Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is open ing for investigat ion one of your six allegations in the above-referenced complaint that you filed against Yale University (the University). In your complaint, you alleged that the University discriminated against ou on the basis of sex and engaged in retaliation. Specifica lly, you alleged that during the (b)(6),{b)(7)(C) semester, the University discriminated against you on the basis of sex when it subjected you to an inequitable grievance process by failing to inform you of all allegations against you. by denying you the opportunity to prov ide a full statement to a hearing panel, and failing to consider all evidence you submitted prior to a decision being made in a case where you were the respondent (Allegation 1). ln addition. you alleged that the University discriminated against you and respondents as a class when it refused to address your countei"claims against your during the !