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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Briana Louise Couch
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BRIANA LOUISE COUCH,

Plaintiff,

v.

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL 

SECURITY,

Defendant.

No. 2:24–cv–01988-EFB SS

ORDER GRANTING IFP AND 

DIRECTING E-SERVICE

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

has submitted the affidavit required thereunder which demonstrates that plaintiff is unable to 

prepay fees and costs or give security for them. ECF No. 2. 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 (ECF No. 2) is GRANTED;

2. The Clerk of Court is directed to issue a summons for this case;

3. In keeping with the court’s new e-service procedure for Social Security cases,1

service on the defendant Commissioner of Social Security Administration shall 

proceed under the court’s E-Service program as follows. Once a summons is 

1 http://www.caed.uscourts.gov/caednew/index.cfm/news/new-social-security-case- procedures-effective-after-june-15-2021/

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issued, the Clerk of Court shall deliver to the Commissioner of Social Security 

Administration and the United States Attorney’s Office at their designated email 

addresses a notice of electronic filing of the action along with the summons and 

complaint. The Commissioner has agreed not to raise a defense of insufficient 

service of process if provided with notice of a complaint as detailed in this order. 

This order is not intended to prevent parties from making any other motions that 

are appropriate under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; and

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

social security cases.

DATED: August 29, 2024

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