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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Eric Joseph Ramsey
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ERIC JOSEPH RAMSEY,

Plaintiff,

v.

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting 

Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

Case No. 2:22-cv-02296-JDP (SS)

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AND 

DIRECTING E-SERVICE

ECF No. 2

Plaintiff has requested authority under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 to proceed in forma pauperis and 

has submitted the required affidavit demonstrating that plaintiff is unable either to prepay fees 

and costs or to give security for them. ECF No. 2. The court will therefore grant plaintiff’s 

motion to proceed in forma pauperis and direct service of the complaint. 

Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis, ECF No. 2, is granted.

2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to issue process and to serve upon plaintiff the 

undersigned’s scheduling order and Order re Consent or Request for Reassignment for social 

security cases.

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3. Service on defendant shall proceed under the court’s e-service program. Once a 

summons is issued, the Clerk of Court shall deliver to the Commissioner of Social Security 

Administration and the United States Attorney’s Office at their designated email addresses a 

notice of electronic filing of the action along with the summons and complaint. The court has 

been informed that the Commissioner has agreed not to raise a defense of insufficient service of 

process if provided with notice of a complaint as detailed in this order. This order is not intended 

to prevent parties from making any other motions that are appropriate under the Federal Rules of 

Civil Procedure.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 27, 2022 

JEREMY D. PETERSON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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