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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
Cause of Action: 42:0402 Social Security Benefits

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHRISTOPER JOSEPH MCCLURE,

Plaintiff,

v.

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Commissioner 

of Social Security,

Defendant.

Case No.: 16cv2515-JLS (JLB)

ORDER DIRECTING UNITED 

STATES MARSHAL SERVICE

(ECF No. 5)

Presently before the Court is Plaintiff Christopher Joseph McClure’s Amended 

Complaint (“Am. Compl.”). (ECF No. 5.) Plaintiff filed his Amended Complaint in 

response to the Court’s Order Granting Motion to Proceed in Forma Pauperis (“IFP”) and 

Dismissing Without Prejudice Plaintiff’s Complaint (“IFP Order”). (ECF No. 4.) 

Specifically, the Court granted Plaintiff leave to proceed IFP because he “demonstrate[d] 

he [wa]s unable to pay the requisite fees and costs[,]” (id. at 2), but determined that 

Plaintiff’s “bare recitations” of the cause of action were “not enough to survive the sua 

sponte screening required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)[,]” (id. at 4).

But Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint fares better—it now specifically alleges the 

reasons the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) below denied Plaintiff’s application for 

benefits, as well as Plaintiff contentions as to why the ALJ’s decision was erroneous. (Am. 

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Compl. ¶¶ 13(a)–(h).) Accordingly, Plaintiff is entitled to U.S. Marshal service on his 

behalf. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d) (“The officers of the court shall issue and serve all process, 

and perform all duties in [IFP] cases.”); Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(c)(3) (“[T]he court may order 

that service be made by a United States marshal or deputy marshal . . . if the plaintiff is 

authorized to proceed in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915.”).

CONCLUSION

Good cause appearing, IT IS ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint survives the sua sponte screening required by 28 

U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2).

2. The Clerk is DIRECTED to issue a summons as to Plaintiff’s Complaint (ECF No. 

5) upon Defendant Carolyn W. Colvin and forward it to Plaintiff along with a blank U.S. 

Marshal Form 285 for the Defendant. In addition, the Clerk is DIRECTED to provide 

Plaintiff with a certified copy of this Order and a certified copy of his Complaint (ECF 

No. 5) and the summons so that he may serve Defendant. Upon receipt of this “IFP 

Package,” Plaintiff is directed to complete the Form 285 as completely and accurately as 

possible, and to return it to the United States Marshal according to the instructions provided 

by the Clerk in the letter accompanying the IFP package.

3. Upon receipt, the U.S. Marshal is ORDERED to serve a copy of the Complaint and 

summons upon Defendant Carolyn W. Colvin as directed by Plaintiff on the USM Form 

285. All costs of service will be advanced by the United States. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d); 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(c)(3).

4. Defendant Carolyn W. Colvin is thereafter ORDERED to reply to Plaintiff’s 

Complaint within the time provided by the applicable provisions of Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 12(a). See 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(g) (noting that once the Court has conducted its 

sua sponte screening pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2) and § 1915A(b), and thus, has 

made a preliminary determination based on the face on the pleading alone that Plaintiff has 

a “reasonable opportunity to prevail on the merits,” the defendant is required to respond).

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5. Plaintiff SHALL serve upon Defendant or, if appearance has been entered by 

counsel, upon Defendant’s counsel, a copy of every further pleading or other document 

submitted for consideration by the Court. Plaintiff must include with the original paper to 

be filed with the Clerk, a certificate stating the manner in which a true and correct copy of 

the document was served on Defendant, or counsel for Defendant, and the date of that 

service. Any paper received by the Court which has not been properly filed with the Clerk, 

or which fails to include a Certificate of Service, may be disregarded.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 20, 2017

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