diff --git a/requests/models.py b/requests/models.py
index a34a4a4b..6d27425d 100644
--- a/requests/models.py
+++ b/requests/models.py
@@ -266,8 +266,8 @@ class Request(object):
 
         Otherwise, assumes the data is already encoded appropriately, and
         returns it twice.
-
         """
+
         if hasattr(data, 'items'):
             result = []
             for k, vs in data.items():
@@ -375,7 +375,6 @@ class Request(object):
 
                 self._build_response(why, is_error=True)
 
-
             else:
                 self._build_response(resp)
                 self.response.ok = True
@@ -386,7 +385,6 @@ class Request(object):
         return self.sent
 
 
-
 class Response(object):
     """The core :class:`Response <models.Response>` object. All
     :class:`Request <models.Request>` objects contain a