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Parties Involved:
Susan Biteman
Plaintiff
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SUSAN BITEMAN,

Plaintiff, No. 2:12-cv-2498 CKD 

vs.

MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, ORDER

Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

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Plaintiff has requested authority under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 to proceed in forma

pauperis. Plaintiff has submitted the affidavit required by § 1915(a) showing that plaintiff is

unable to prepay fees and costs or give security for them. Accordingly, the request to proceed in

forma pauperis will be granted. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a).

In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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

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

in social security cases.

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

United States Marshal.

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4. Within fifteen days from the date of this order, plaintiff shall submit to the

United States Marshal a completed summons and copies of the complaint and to file a statement

with the court that said 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 days from the date of this order. Service of process shall be

completed by delivering a copy of the summons and complaint to the United States Attorney for

the Eastern District of California, and by sending a copy of the summons and complaint 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 and

complaint by registered or certified mail to the Commissioner of Social Security, c/o Office of

the General Counsel, Region IX, 160 Spear Street, Suite 800, San Francisco, CA 94105-1545. 

See Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(i)(2).

Dated: October 9, 2012

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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