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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Angela Pirtle
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ANGELA PIRTLE, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL 

SECURITY, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:16-cv-1080-KJN 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff has requested leave to proceed without the prepayment of fees and costs, also 

referred to as in forma pauperis, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915.1 Plaintiff submitted the required 

affidavit, which demonstrates that plaintiff is unable to prepay fees and costs or give security for 

them. Accordingly, the request to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. See 28 U.S.C. § 

1915(a). 

 For the foregoing reasons, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

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

2. Service of process is appropriate for the Commissioner of Social Security. 

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

 

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 This case was referred to the undersigned pursuant to E.D. Cal. L.R. 302(c)(15). 

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Social Security cases. 

 4. The Clerk of the Court is further directed to serve a copy of this order on the 

United States Marshal. 

 5. Within fourteen (14) days from the date of this order, plaintiff shall submit to the 

United States Marshal an original and five copies of the completed summons, five copies of the 

complaint, five copies of the scheduling order, and a completed USM-285 form, and shall file a 

statement with the court that such documents have been submitted to the United States Marshal.

 6. The United States Marshal is directed to serve all process without prepayment of 

costs not later than sixty (60) days from the date of this order. Service of process shall be 

completed by delivering a copy of the summons, complaint, and scheduling order to the United 

States Attorney for the Eastern District of California, and by sending two copies of the summons, 

complaint, and scheduling order 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). The Marshal shall also 

send a copy of the summons, complaint, and scheduling order by registered or certified mail to 

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

Street, Suite 800, San Francisco, CA, 94105-1545. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(i)(2). 

 7. The parties are advised of Local Rule 110, which provides: “Failure of counsel or 

of a party to comply with [the court’s Local] Rules or with any order of the Court may be grounds 

for imposition by the Court of any and all sanctions authorized by statute or Rule or within the 

inherent power of the Court.” 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: May 20, 2016 

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