Scott v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 4

ORDER Denying Application To Proceed In Forma Pauperis (Doc. 3 , signed by Magistrate Judge Sandra M. Snyder on 5/6/2015. (Filing Fee Deadline: 6/11/2015) (Fahrney, E)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JEANNE SCOTT,

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Plaintiff,

Case No. 1:15-cv-00684-SMS
ORDER DENYING APPLICATION
TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

v.
CAROLYN W. COLVIN,
Acting Commissioner Of Social Security,

(Doc. 3)

Defendant.

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By motion filed May 4, 2015, Plaintiff Jeanne Scott, by her attorneys MacKenzie Legal,
PLLC, seeks to proceed in forma pauperis. Plaintiff submitted a vague and conclusory application

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that provides the Court with no understanding of her financial situation other than that she is
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presently unemployed, is supported by her husband, and owns a home subject to a deed of trust

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exceeding the home's value. In addition, the Court is perplexed by Plaintiff's disclosure that three

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children are financially dependent on her but that she provides nothing toward their support. Since

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Plaintiff is apparently part of a nuclear family that functions as a single economic unit, the

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application to proceed in forma pauperis should set forth sufficient information to enable the Court

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to evaluate whether her family's economic situation as a whole is sufficiently impoverished to justify

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her proceeding without paying the filing fee for her lawsuit.
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In addition, the Court notes that Plaintiff did not include the names of the plaintiff and

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defendant or the case number in the caption of her application. If Plaintiff elects to submit an

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amended application, as this order permits her to do, she must provide complete case information in

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the caption of the document.

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Accordingly, the Court DENIES Plaintiffs’ motion to proceed in forma pauperis. Plaintiff
shall either submit an amended and complete application to proceed in forma pauperis or pay the

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filing fee to the Clerk of Court within thirty (30) days of this order. In the event that Plaintiff does
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not pay the filing fee or submit an amended application, the Court shall dismiss the case for lack of
prosecution without further notice.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

May 6, 2015

/s/ Sandra M. Snyder
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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