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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
James McConnell
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES McCONNELL,

Plaintiff,

v.

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting 

Commissioner Of Social Security,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:14-cv-02083-SMS

ORDER DENYING APPLICATION 

TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

PENDING COMPLETION OF MOTION

(Doc. 5) 

By motion filed December 30, 2014, Plaintiff James McConnell sought to proceed in forma 

pauperis. Although Plaintiff submitted an application that would have made the showing required 

by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a), the application was not completed. Accordingly, the Court denied the 

application and directed Plaintiff to amend the application and re-submit it with a completed caption, 

inclusion of Plaintiff's name within the declaration, and inclusion of the date of signature. On 

January 9, 2015, Plaintiff submitted an amended application on which the caption remained 

incomplete.

The Court notes that although Plaintiff is represented by counsel, an incomplete form has 

been submitted twice. Counsel is admonished carefully to review the next application before filing it 

since the Court will extend no further opportunities to amend the form. 

Accordingly, the Court DENIES Plaintiffs’ motion to proceed in forma pauperis without 

prejudice and GRANTS Plaintiff leave to submit an amended declaration in which the caption has 

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been completed with the parties' names and the case number. Plaintiff shall submit a completed 

application or shall pay the filing fee in full within thirty days of this order, or this case shall be 

dismissed without prejudice for failure to prosecute. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 12, 2015 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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