HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
‘STATE. OF MICHIGAN
January 25, 2018
Robert Noto
Office of the General Counsel
‘Michigan tate University
426 Auditorium Road
Hannah Administration Building, Room 494
East Lansing. MI 48824
Mr. Noto,
Pursuant to the authority inherent in the House of Representatives of the State of Michigan and
Provided for in Section 17 of Article | and Sections 1, 16, and 17 of Article IV of the State Constitution of
1963, we write to request certain records in the University’s possession. These materials, which are
outlined below, are requisite to inquiries launched by our committees concerning Michigan State
University's handling of the Lany Nassar case, including its administration of existing laws as well as
possibly needed changes to remedy any defects thereof.
More specifically, we request that you produce the following relevant records in unredacted form to our
offices by 5 p.m. on Friday, February 9, 2018:
‘All reports initiated, completed, or issued by the University or its agents in 2014 relating to
allegations against Larry Nassar, including but not limited to all versions of the Office of
Institutional Equity's Final Investigative Report regarding complainant Amanda Thomashow that
‘was completed by Kristine Moore.
All reports initiated, completed, or issued by the University or its agents in 2015 relating to
allegations against Larry Nassar, including but not limited 10 the report completed by the
Michigan State University Police in July 2015 (Report 14-01682).
* All repors initiated, completed, or issued by the University or its agents in 2016 relating to
allegations against Larry Nassar.
+ All repors initiated, completed, or issued by the University or its agents in 2017 relating to
allegations against Larry Nassar, including but not limited to the Office of Institutional Equity’s
Final Investigative Repos regarding complainant Rachel Denhollander that was completed by
Lin-Chi Wang in March 2017.
Its our sincere hope thatthe University will cooperate with our request and inquiries without the need
to employ means of compulsicn. If necessary, however, the House Law and Justice Committee is
authorized under MCL 4.541 to subpoena and have produced before it the records and files of any state
Institution. As a state institution, Michigan State University is thus obligated "to produce before the
committee as required by the subpoena, or permit the members of any such committee to inspect its
a cerecords and files.” Jd. Failure to comply with # subpoena may be punished as for contempt of the
Legislature, See MCL 4,82-83,
To the extent thatthe records requested consist of material deemed confidential by law, the disclosure of |
such to the committee ard its members is not « breach of that confidentiality. The Michigan Attomey
General declared in Opinion No. 4998 (1976) that “providing (confidental] materials to tre committee does
not constitute public disclosure” of confidential information. A committe, however, i obligated to “not
disregard the rights of privacy of individuals (that are the subjects of the confidential records) by
unressonebly or arbitrary making public (the confidential information).” Jd. The presentation of the
requested materials to the committee “does not absolve the members of the committee from their duly to
respect the right of privecy enjoyed (by the subject of the confidential record).” Jd. To that end, the
‘committee and its members ae authorized to review the requested records in a closed mesting as necessary
‘See MCL 15.268.
We appreciate your cooperation inthis matter and look forward to working together towards solutions that
best serve the people of Michigan. Ifyou have any questions, please contact our General Counsel, Hassan
‘Beydoun, at (517) 373-0935 or hbeydoun@house.mi. gov.
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LE KuinKisel
Chairman Klint Kesto Che man Kim LaSata
Law afd Justice Committee Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Ed.
‘cc: Hassan Beydoun, General Counsel, Michigan House of Representatives
Jessica Nortis, Title IX Coordinator, Michigan State University