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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Jason Lee Rush
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JASON LEE RUSH, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL 

SECURITY, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:21–cv–01665–AC 

REVISED ORDER GRANTING IFP AND 

DIRECTING E-SERVICE 

 Presently pending before the court is plaintiff’s motion for leave to proceed in forma 

pauperis. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (authorizing the commencement of an action “without 

prepayment of fees or security” by a person that is unable to pay such fees).1 (ECF No. 2.) 

Plaintiff submitted the required affidavit, which demonstrates an inability to prepay fees and costs 

or give security for them. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

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

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

3. In keeping with the court’s new e-service procedure for Social Security cases,2

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 Actions involving review of Social Security decisions are referred to a magistrate judge 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and E.D. Cal. L.R. 302(c)(15). 

2 http://www.caed.uscourts.gov/caednew/index.cfm/news/new-social-security-case-procedureseffective-after-june-15-2021/

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service on the defendant Commissioner of Social Security Administration shall 

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

issued, the Clerk of Court shall deliver to the Commissioner of Social Security 

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

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

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

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

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

are appropriate under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; and 

4. The parties are hereby notified that, after e-service of the complaint, this action 

will be STAYED pursuant to General Order Number 615, and there will be no 

scheduling order or deadlines in effect pending further order of the court. See E.D. 

Cal. G.O. No. 615, Paragraphs 6, 10. 

DATED: September 17, 2021. 

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