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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Kelly Bertlow Tantau
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KELLY BERTLOW TANTAU,

Plaintiff,

v.

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL 

SECURITY,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:19-cv-01793-JDP

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

ECF No. 2

Plaintiff proceeds in this Social Security appeal represented by counsel. Plaintiff moves 

to proceed in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. ECF No. 2. Plaintiff has submitted a 

declaration regarding her financial circumstances. Id. The court finds that plaintiff’s 

declaration satisfies the requirements under § 1915. We will therefore grant plaintiff’s motion 

to proceed in forma pauperis. We will also direct a United States Marshal to serve defendant 

Commissioner of Social Security. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(c)(3). 

Order

a. Plaintiff’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted.

b. The court orders service of process on defendant:

i. The clerk must issue summons. 

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ii. The United States Marshals Service must serve a copy of the complaint, summons, 

and this order on defendant. 

iii. Plaintiff must assist the marshal upon request. 

iv. The United States will advance all costs of service.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 16, 2020 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

 

No. 204.

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