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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Lynda J. Martinez
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LYNDA J. MARTINEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL 

SECURITY,

Defendant.

No. 2:20–cv–619–KJN

ORDER GRANTING IFP REQUEST

AND DIRECTING SERVICE

(ECF No. 2)

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 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. 2) is GRANTED;

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

Social Security cases; 

3. Within 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 

1 This case was referred to the undersigned pursuant to E.D. Cal. L.R. 302(c)(15) and 28 U.S.C. § 

636(b)(1). 

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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;

4. The United States Marshal is directed to serve all process without prepayment of 

costs not later than 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; and

5. 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.” 

Dated: March 24, 2020

mart.619

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