Coleman v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 3

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 5/23/2017 GRANTING 2 Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis. The clerk is directed to issue process. Within 14 days from the date of this order, plaintiff shall submit to the USM the necessary documents and file a statement with the court. The USM is DIRECTED to serve all process without prepayment of costs within 60 days. (Donati, J)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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KHATARI COLEMAN,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:17-cv-1069-EFB

v.

ORDER

NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Acting
Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant.

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Plaintiff has requested authority under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 to proceed in forma pauperis,

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and has submitted the affidavit required thereunder which demonstrates that plaintiff is unable to

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prepay fees and costs or give security for them. Accordingly, the request to proceed in forma

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pauperis will be granted. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a).

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In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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1. Plaintiff’s request to proceed in forma pauperis is granted.

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2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve the undersigned’s scheduling order in Social

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Security cases.
3. The Clerk of the Court is further directed to serve a copy of this order on the United

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States Marshal.

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4. Within fourteen days from the date of this order, plaintiff shall submit to the United

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States Marshal an original and five copies of the completed summons, five copies of the

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complaint, and five copies of the scheduling order, and shall file a statement with the court that

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said documents have been submitted to the United States Marshal.

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5. The United States Marshal is directed to serve all process without prepayment of costs

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not later than sixty days from the date of this order. Service of process shall be completed by

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delivering a copy of the summons, complaint, and scheduling order to the United States Attorney

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for the Eastern District of California, and by sending two copies of the summons, complaint, and

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scheduling order by registered or certified mail to the Attorney General of the United States at

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Washington, D.C. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(i)(1)(A) & (B). The Marshal shall also send a copy of

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the summons, complaint, and scheduling order by registered or certified mail to the

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Commissioner of Social Security, c/o Office of General Counsel, Region IX, 160 Spear Street,

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Suite 800, San Francisco, CA 94105-1545. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(i)(2). The United States

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Marshal shall thereafter file a statement with the court that said documents have been served.

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DATED: May 23, 2017.

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