Requests for Production of Documents
(RFPs) (Plaintiff to Defendant) (Federal)

Summary

This template is document requests that may be used by a plaintiff in a federal district court case. It includes drafting notes and optional and alternate clauses. Document requests, also called requests for production (RFPs), are written requests served between parties in civil litigation seeking production of relevant documents and electronically stored information (ESI). Fed. R. Civ. P. 34. These requests provide broad access to other parties' information but can quickly become expensive and yield an overwhelming amount of material. Carefully drafting the requests to ask only for the information needed to advance your case is critical to stave off objections and ensure you receive a manageable volume of documents and data. For a full listing of key content covering fundamental civil litigation tasks throughout a federal court litigation lifecycle, see Civil Litigation Fundamentals Resource Kit (Federal). For more on document request, see Document Requests: Drafting and Serving RFPs ...