(SS) Walker v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 3

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Chi Soo Kim on 6/5/2024 GRANTING 2 Motion to Proceed IFP and DIRECTING E-Service on the Commissioner of Social Security. The Clerk shall issue a summons and serve this order, summons and complaint on the Commissioner of Social Security. [Served by Clerk on Commissioner via E-Service Agreement] (Clemente Licea, O)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SARA WALKER,

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Plaintiff,
v.
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SECURITY,

ORDER GRANTING IFP AND
DIRECTING SERVICE
(ECF No. 2.)

Defendant.

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Case No. 2:24–cv–1588–CSK

This case was referred to the undersigned pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1),

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Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72, and Eastern District of California Local Rule

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302(c)(15) and Appx. A subsection (j). Plaintiff Sara Walker requests leave to proceed in

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forma pauperis (“IFP”) without prepayment of the filing fee under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. (ECF

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No. 2.) Plaintiff’s affidavit demonstrates an inability to prepay fees and costs or give

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security for them, and so is GRANTED. The Clerk of Court is directed to issue: (i) a

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summons for this case pursuant to Rule 3 of the Supplemental Rules for Social Security

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actions; (ii) the undersigned’s scheduling order for Social Security cases; and (iii) the

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court’s order regarding consent to the jurisdiction of a magistrate judge.

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Dated: June 5, 2024

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3, walk.1588

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