Litigation Hold — Preserve Broadcasts, Threat Assessment, Transcript Logs, and Related Communications re Kevin Bass¶

Dear Colleagues,

This is a litigation hold. Please preserve all documents and ESI
concerning University communications about Kevin Bass, including but
not limited to: (i) class/listserv broadcasts (including the message
titled “VACATION and other stuff”), drafts/approval chains,
distribution lists, and any recall/replace or deletion logs/metadata;
(ii) Teams/Slack/SharePoint/Outlook messages; (iii) Threat Assessment
Team files and any campus-access restrictions, BOLOs, site bans, or
rotation pulls; (iv) Registrar transcript/notation policies and audit
logs; and (v) communications to third parties (residency
programs/hospitals/media/donors) conveying stigmatizing statements.

Please confirm implementation of this hold (including IT/custodian
notice) by Tue, Oct 21, 2025, 5:00 p.m. CT.

Thank you,
Kevin Bass PhD MS
Phone: [REDACTED – HOME-PHONE]