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A federal judge on Saturday denied Baylor University’s request to fully dismiss the claims of four women who said they were sexually assaulted while attending the school between 2012 and 2016.

The unnamed plaintiffs allege they were further victimized by Baylor’s counseling center, police department, Title IX office or other student services after making the reports.

The claims include two aspects of Title IX failures: that Baylor failed to investigate the claims of plaintiffs and increased the risk of sexual assault for all students; and that Baylor policies and selective enforcement fostered an environment rife with assault, harassment and the denial of educational opportunities for female students.

In the ruling, U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman allowed the plaintiffs’ heightened risk claims to continue and allowed three of the plaintiffs’ claims that Baylor was deliberately indifferent to their claims.

Pitman’s decision was basically identical to his prior ruling in a Title IX lawsuit that includes 10 plaintiffs represented by the same attorneys, Jim Dunnam of Waco and Chad Dunn of Houston.