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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Belinda Wade
Plaintiff

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BELINDA WADE, 

Plaintiff, No. 2:10-cv-01153 KJN

v. ORDER

MICHAEL J. ASTRUE,

Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant. 

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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. (Dkt. No. 2.) Plaintiff has

submitted the required affidavit, which demonstrates that she 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).

For the foregoing reasons, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s request to proceed in forma pauperis 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 fourteen 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 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.

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, 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, 6401 Security

Blvd., Room 611, Altmeyer Bldg., Baltimore, MD 21235. 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. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: May 11, 2010

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KENDALL J. NEWMAN

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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