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Parties Involved:
Rebecca Ann Clawson
Plaintiff
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

REBECCA ANN CLAWSON, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting 

Commissioner of the Social Security 

Administration, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:16-cv-0944 AC (PS) 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff, who is proceeding pro se, has requested authority under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 to 

proceed in forma pauperis. Plaintiff has submitted the affidavit required by § 1915(a) showing 

that plaintiff 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). 

 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 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. 

 4. Within fourteen days from the date of this order, plaintiff shall submit to the United 

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States Marshal a completed summons and copies of the complaint and file a statement with the 

court that said 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 and complaint to the United States Attorney for the Eastern 

District of California, and by sending a copy of the summons and complaint 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 and complaint 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). 

DATED: May 6, 2016 

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