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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
v.
MARIIA BUTINA, a/k/a,
MARIA BUTINA
Defendant.

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Criminal Action No. 18-cr-218 (TSC)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
The court has received multiple motions by third parties identifying themselves as
students at American University. The movants ask this court to quash a subpoena duces tecum
served on American University by counsel for the Defendant.
By 5:00 pm today Friday September 21, 2018, counsel for the Defendant shall file a copy
of the subpoena on the record and shall SHOW CAUSE why the court should not quash the
subpoenas.
Attached to this order is a redacted copy of one of the motions; all of the motions contain
the same wording. Redacted versions of the motions will be entered on the record as soon as
possible.

Date: September 21, 2018

Tanya S. Chutkan
TANYA S. CHUTKAN
United States District Judge

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United States District Court

For the District of Columbia

United States

V.

Mariia Butina a/k/a Maria Butina Case No. 1:18-cr-218 (TSC)

Err-Pa rte Motion to Quash Subpoena to Produce Documents, Information, or Objects in a Criminal Case
to American University, dated September 4, 2018

.1 a student at American University, hereby moves that this honorable court quash the
above referenced subpoena and order American University to refrain from complying with the
subpoena. As grounds for this motion ?3 states that pursuant to the Family Educational
Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), the defendant has not shown good cause for the requested information
that outweighs, a privacy interest in the information and compliance with the subpoena
would be unreasonable and oppressive. The attached affidavit is submitted in support of this motion.

further request that my name be redacted from any correspondence or court papers shared with the
Defendant or available to the public.

Respecti?llv submitted. 

Date: 

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United States

V.

Mariia Butina a/k/a Maria Butina Case No. 1:18-cr-218 (TSC)

Affidavit in Support of Motion to Quash Subpoena

I, state the following:

1 I am a graduate student in American University's School of International Service.
A copy ofa subpoena to American University in the above referenced matter was mailed to my

home in D.C. on September 16, 2018
3. The subpoena requests class rosters for all classes Mariia Butina attended at American

University.
4. The subpoena gives no reason for the request.

Signed undapains and pepatty of perjury,

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Date: 7/2/ 0?