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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Esmat Ali Janali
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ESMAT ALI JANALI, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL 

SECURITY, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:24-cv-02090 AC 

ORDER GRANTING IFP AND 

DIRECTING E-SERVICE 

 Pending before the court is plaintiff’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. See 

28 U.S.C. § 1915 (authorizing the commencement of an action “without prepayment of fees or 

security” by a person that is unable to pay such fees).1 ECF No. 2. Plaintiff submitted the 

required affidavit, which demonstrates an inability to prepay fees and costs or give security for 

them. Accordingly, 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 e-service procedure for Social Security cases,2

 service 

on the defendant Commissioner of Social Security Administration shall proceed 

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 Actions involving review of Social Security decisions are referred to a magistrate judge 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and E.D. Cal. L.R. 302(c)(15). 2

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

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under the court’s E-Service program as follows. Once a summons is 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 Court is DIRECTED to issue a scheduling order in this case. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: August 7, 2024 

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