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FOIA Letter: Vaughn motion
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTFOR (the district where you have filed)
YOUR NAME,
Plaintiff,
v.
AGENCY YOU ARE SUING,
Defendant.
Plaintiff’s Motion to CompelPreparation of a Vaughn Index
Plaintiff (your name) moves this Court for an order requiring Defendant (name of agency) to provide within 30 days after service of the Complaint in this action, an itemized, indexed inventory of every agency record or portion thereof responsive to Plaintiff’s request which Defendant asserts to be exempt from disclosure, accompanied by a detailed justification statement covering each refusal to release records or portions thereof in accordance with the indexing requirements of Vaughn v. Rosen, 484 F.2d 820 (D.C. Cir. 1973), cert. denied, 415 U.S. 977 (1974).
Respectfully submitted,
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Dated: (date)