this is a sample of a Vaughn Motion which directs the court to make the agency or person denying the information give a specific justification for the denial.This basicly makes those denying your right to information, cite the law and how it applies in your case. I have used this and had great results.
this is a sample of a Vaughn Motion which directs the court to make the agency or person denying the information give a specific justification for the denial.This basicly makes those denying your right to information, cite the law and how it applies in your case. I have used this and had great results.
this is a sample of a Vaughn Motion which directs the court to make the agency or person denying the information give a specific justification for the denial.This basicly makes those denying your right to information, cite the law and how it applies in your case. I have used this and had great results.
Plaintiff [your name] moves this Court for an order requiring
Defendants [name of agency and agency head] to provide within 30 days of the filing of the Complaint in this action, a detailed justification for allegations contained in the Defendant's Answer and previous administrative denial that the requested documente are exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. $ 552, including an itemization and index of the documents claimed to be exempt, correlating specific statements in such justification with actual portions of the requested documents. SeeVaughn u. Rosen,484 F.zd 820 (D.C. Cir. 1973), cert. dcn.,415 U.S. 977 (L974).
George Saunders, Lacy L. Wilkinson and Grant Kindwall v. The Great Western Sugar Company, Great Western United Corporation, and The Colorado Milling & Elevator Company, 396 F.2d 794, 10th Cir. (1968)
Beneficial Consumer Discount Company v. David R. Poltonowicz John Poltonowicz The Internal Revenue Service of The United States of America, 47 F.3d 91, 3rd Cir. (1995)