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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Beatriz Veronica Winterton
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BEATRIZ VERONICA WINTERTON,

Plaintiff,

v.

CAROLYN W. COLVIN,

Acting Commissioner Of Social Security,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:16-cv-00555-SMS

ORDER DENYING APPLICATION 

TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

WITH LEAVE TO AMEND

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By motion filed April 19, 2016, Plaintiff Beatriz Veronica Winterton, by her attorney, 

Monica Perales, seeks to proceed in forma pauperis. Plaintiff submitted an application which is 

unclear and incomplete. On the application, Plaintiff was to provide information concerning her

employment, if she is currently employed. Plaintiff indicated she was currently employed but

instead provided information about her last employment. Additionally, Plaintiff did not respond to 

the question about whether she has any cash or checking or savings accounts. Absent complete 

information1regarding Plaintiff’s financial situation, the Court cannot evaluate whether Plaintiff is 

sufficiently impoverished to justify proceeding without paying the filing fee for her lawsuit. 

Accordingly, the Court DENIES Plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis. Plaintiff 

shall either submit an amended and complete application to proceed in forma pauperis or pay the 

filing fee to the Clerk of the Court within thirty (30) days of this order. If Plaintiff does not pay the 

 

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 The Court notes that Plaintiff did not include the case number in the caption of her application. If 

Plaintiff elects to submit an amended application, as this order permits her to do, she must provide 

complete case information in the caption of the application. 

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filing fee or submit an amended application, the Court shall dismiss the case for lack of prosecution 

without further notice. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 21, 2016 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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