(SS) Couch v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 5

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 8/29/24 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] (Licea Chavez, V)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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BRIANA LOUISE COUCH,

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Plaintiff,

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v.

ORDER GRANTING IFP AND
DIRECTING E-SERVICE

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SECURITY,
Defendant.

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No. 2:24–cv–01988-EFB SS

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

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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. ECF No. 2. Accordingly, the request to proceed

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in forma 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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Plaintiff’s request to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 2) is GRANTED;

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2.

The Clerk of Court is directed to issue a summons for this case;

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3.

In keeping with the court’s new e-service procedure for Social Security cases, 1

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service on the defendant Commissioner of Social Security Administration shall

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proceed under the court’s E-Service program as follows. Once a summons is

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http://www.caed.uscourts.gov/caednew/index.cfm/news/new-social-security-caseprocedures-effective-after-june-15-2021/
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issued, the Clerk of Court shall deliver to the Commissioner of Social Security

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Administration and the United States Attorney’s Office at their designated email

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addresses a notice of electronic filing of the action along with the summons and

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complaint. The Commissioner has agreed not to raise a defense of insufficient

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service of process if provided with notice of a complaint as detailed in this order.

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This order is not intended to prevent parties from making any other motions that

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are appropriate under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; and

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The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve the undersigned’s scheduling order in
social security cases.

DATED: August 29, 2024

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