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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Michael Thomas Nommensen
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL THOMAS NOMMENSEN,

Plaintiff,

v.

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL 

SECURITY, 

Defendant.

Case No. 1:16-cv-1442--BAM

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S 

EXTENSION OF TIME FOR USM FORMS

ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 9, 2017

(Doc. 9)

Before the Court is Plaintiff Michael Nommensen’s request for an extension of time to 

submit his USM-285 form and other service documents to the Office of the Clerk for the Eastern 

District of California. According to Plaintiff, he has experienced significant difficulty in 

retrieving a copy of his “conformed complaint” through the Court’s PACER system based on the 

Court’s procedure of restricting public access to social security filings. (Doc. 9). While on 

December 13, 2016, the Clerk’s office agreed to send Plaintiff a copy of his filed complaint by 

U.S. mail, he needs an additional fifteen-day extension of time in order to receive delivery of his 

complaint and provide the Clerk’s office with the required service documentation. 

As Plaintiff is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this matter, he is entitled to 

service of process by the United States Marshal. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(c)(3) (“At the plaintiff’s 

request, the court may order that service be made by a United States marshal or deputy marshal 

or by a person specially appointed by the court. The court must so order if the plaintiff is 

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authorized to proceed in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 . . . .”). 

Accordingly, for good cause shown, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motion for an extension of time to submit his USM forms is 

GRANTED; 

2. Plaintiff DIRECTED to return a completed USM-285 form along with the other 

service documents identified in the “Instructions for Service of Social Security 

Appeals” document to the Clerk’s Office by January 9, 2017; 

OFFICE OF THE CLERK 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

2500 Tulare Street, Room 1501 

Fresno, California 93721 

3. The United States Marshal is DIRECTED to serve a copy of the complaint, 

summons, and this order upon the defendant as directed by the plaintiff.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 20, 2016 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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