The phrase "a request for documents" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when formally asking someone to provide specific documents or information, often in a legal or professional context.
Example: "The attorney submitted a request for documents related to the case to ensure all necessary evidence was gathered."
Alternatives: "a demand for documents" or "a solicitation for documents".
The Gemstar lawsuits have been followed by a request for documents from the Justice Department.
US authorities were sent a request for documents several months ago, he said, but have not yet provided them.
The group filed a request for documents that yielded the identities of the textbook review panelists as well as reports containing their reviews.
The two subpoenas also include a request for documents relating to correspondence regarding Mr. Haggerty or Special Elections Operations L.L.C., a company he established.
For example, the National Archives and Records Administration says its oldest request, from September 1992, is a request for documents from 1961.
It said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it had received a request for documents from the United States attorney's office in Manhattan.
The university subsequently hired an Italian attorney to facilitate relations with the Italian government and has received, and fully complied with, a request for various documents in the Regeni case.
The FBI did not respond to a request for the documents.
Under current law, local government agencies have 10 days to respond to a request for government documents from a member of the public, and must be required to make those records available in electronic formats.
Traditional access control mechanisms aim to prevent illegal actions a-priori occurrence, i.e. before granting a request for a document.
Clinton's State Department is finally complying with a FOIA request for documents, after a lawsuit filed in May by three watchdog groups over an alleged lack of transparency regarding contacts with TransCanada lobbyist Paul Elliott, a former staffer on Hillary Clinton's presidential run.
