Document ID: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-caed-2_24-cv-03105/USCOURTS-caed-2_24-cv-03105-1/pdf.json

Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Mary Louise Williams
Plaintiff

Document Text:

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

1

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARY LOUISE WILLIAMS,

Plaintiff,

v.

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL 

SECURITY,

Defendant.

Case No. 2:24-CV-03105-CSK

ORDER

(ECF Nos. 2, 4)

Plaintiff Mary Louise Williams requests leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) 

without prepayment of the filing fee under 28 U.S.C. § 1915.1 (ECF Nos. 2, 4.) On 

November 8, 2024, Plaintiff filed her first motion to proceed IFP. (ECF No. 2). However, 

Plaintiff’s affidavit was incomplete and did not contain all the information needed for the 

Court to determine whether the motion should be granted. The Court ordered Plaintiff to 

file a complete affidavit responding to all questions. (ECF No. 3.) Plaintiff filed a second 

motion to proceed IFP on December 2, 2024. (ECF No. 4.)

Plaintiff’s affidavits demonstrate an inability to prepay fees and costs or give 

security for them, and so the request is GRANTED. The Clerk of Court is directed to 

1 This case was referred to the undersigned pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1), Fed. R. 

Civ. P. 72, and E.D. Cal. L.R. 302(c)(15) and Appx. A subsection (j).

Case 2:24-cv-03105-CSK Document 6 Filed 12/26/24 Page 1 of 2
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

2

issue: (i) a summons for this case pursuant to Rule 3 of the Supplemental Rules for 

Social Security actions; (ii) the undersigned’s scheduling order for Social Security cases; 

and (iii) the court’s order regarding consent to the jurisdiction of a magistrate judge. 

Dated: December 26, 2024

5, will.3105.24

Case 2:24-cv-03105-CSK Document 6 Filed 12/26/24 Page 2 of 2