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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Sheila Williams-Carter
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SHEILA WILLIAMS-CARTER,

Plaintiff,

v.

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL 

SECURITY,

Defendant.

No. 2:13-cv-1744-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 has 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. 1) is granted.

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

Social Security cases.

 

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

United States Marshal.

4. 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.

5. 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). The United States 

Marshal shall thereafter file a statement with the court that such documents have been served.

6. Plaintiff is 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: September 26, 2013

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