Ward v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 3

ORDER & OPINION entered by Judge Joe Billy McDade on 6/11/13. Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis 2 is DENIED. Plaintiff SHALL pay the required filing fee within 28 days of the date of this Order, or his Complaint will be dismissed for failure to prosecute.( Miscellaneous Deadline 7/9/2013)(AEM, ilcd)

E-FILED

Tuesday, 11 June, 2013 02:24:35 PM
Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
PEORIA DIVISION
JOSHUA EDWARD WARD,
Plaintiff,
v.
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SECURITY, Carolyn W. Colvin,
Defendant.

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Case No. 13-cv-1188

ORDER & OPINION
On April 24, 2013, Plaintiff filed a Complaint appealing the Social Security
Administration’s final decision to deny him disability and supplemental security
benefits, along with a Motion for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis. (Docs. 1 & 2).
In support of his Motion, Plaintiff submitted an Application to Proceed in District
Court without Prepaying Fees or Costs (Short Form). (Doc. 2). The Court issued a
Text Order on May 17, 2013, ordering Plaintiff to file an amended Application,
because Plaintiff failed to provide sufficient detail about his income or obligations in
his initial Application. Specifically, the Court noted that Plaintiff marked that he
received gifts, inheritances, and income from other sources without specifying the
amounts he received, and that he also listed several financial obligations without
describing the amounts of those obligations. Thus, the Court ordered Petitioner to
amend his Application within fourteen days of the Text Order, creating a deadline
of May 31, 2013, with a warning that his Application would be denied if he failed to
comply by that date.

As of the date of this Order, the Court has still not received an Amended
Application. Accordingly, Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis
(Doc. 2) is DENIED. Plaintiff SHALL pay the required filing fee within 28 days of
the date of this Order, or his Complaint will be dismissed for failure to prosecute.

Entered this 11th day of June, 2013.

s/ Joe B. McDade
JOE BILLY McDADE
United States Senior District Judge

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