At approximately 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, The Emerald and several other media outlets received a response to public records requests filed as early as May 7. The request was for any electronic communication between University of Oregon administrators and Athletic Director Rob Mullens or men’s basketball head coach Dana Altman in the days leading up to and following the investigation of three players in an alleged rape case.

The public records office cited the Family Education Rights Act, which it says “prohibits the university from providing educational records that are personally-identifiable to an individual that is now or who has ever been enrolled at the university.”

The three players, Damyean Dotson, Dominic Artis and Brandon Austin, are currently under investigation by the university. They have been booted from the team and Altman will remain as its coach. The Lane County District Attorney had dismissed the case in late April.