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Sample Vaughn Motion (may accompany your complaint)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR (the District where you have filed)

YOUR NAME,

        Plaintiff,

        v.

AGENCY YOU ARE SUING,

        Defendant.


Plaintiffs Motion to Compel
Preparation 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 Plaintiffs 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,

 

        Your signature
        Name
        Address

        Dated: (date)


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