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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
Cause of Action: 42:405 Review of HHS Decision (SSID)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CRAIG DOUGLAS,

Plaintiff,

v.

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Commissioner 

of Social Security,

Defendant.

No. 2:14-cv-2605 DAD

ORDER

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

Plaintiff has submitted the affidavit required by § 1915(a) showing that plaintiff is unable to 

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

pauperis will be granted.

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

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

2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to issue process and to serve upon plaintiff 

the undersigned’s Scheduling Order and Order re Consent or Request for Reassignment for social 

security cases.

3. Plaintiff shall serve process and copies of the undersigned’s Scheduling Order 

and Order re Consent or Request for Reassignment not later than sixty (60) days from the date of 

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this order. Service of process shall be completed by delivering all necessary documents to the 

United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California and by sending copies of the 

summons, complaint and court orders by registered or certified mail to the Attorney General of 

the United States at Washington, D.C. See FED. R. CIV. P. 4(i)(1)(A) & (B). Copies of the 

summons, complaint and court orders shall also be served by registered or certified mail on the 

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

Street, Suite 800, San Francisco, CA 94105-1545.1 See FED. R. CIV. P. 4(i)(2).

Dated: January 23, 2015

DAD:6

ddad1/orders.soc sec/douglas2605.ifp.docx

 

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 Plaintiff’s counsel has requested permission to effect service in lieu of the United States 

Marshal’s Service. (Dkt. No. 1-2.) 

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