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SELECT User.name , Document.id from users User 
LEFT JOIN documents as Document ON (Document.user_id = User.id) 
WHERE Document.status = 'SOME_STATUS'

$docs = $this->User->find('all', array(
	'conditions' => array('Document.status' => 'SOME_STATUS'),
	'joins' => array(
		array (
			'table' => 'documents',
			'alias' => 'Document',
			'type' => 'left',
			'foreignKey' => false, 
			'conditions' => array('Document.user_id = User.id')
		)
	),
	'contain' => array('Document')
));