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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Jenyne Ann Thornton
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JENYNE ANN THORNTON,

Plaintiff,

v.

CAROLYN W. COLVIN,

Acting Commissioner Of Social Security,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:16-cv-00816-SMS

ORDER DENYING APPLICATION 

TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

WITH LEAVE TO AMEND

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By motion filed June 13, 2016, Plaintiff Jenyne Ann Thornton, by her attorney, Melissa 

Newel, seeks to proceed in forma pauperis. Plaintiff submitted an application which is incomplete. 

Specifically, Plaintiff did not provide complete information concerning her employment status and 

money received from other sources. Also, it appears Plaintiff’s application contains additional 

page(s) which were not filed. Absent complete information regarding 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 application1to 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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 If Plaintiff elects to submit an amended application, as this order permits her to do, she must 

provide a case number. 

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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: June 14, 2016 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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