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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Pressley Dwane Wiggins
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PRESSLEY DWANE WIGGINS,

Plaintiff,

v.

CAROLYN W. COLVIN,

Acting Commissioner Of Social Security,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:16-cv-00041-SMS

ORDER DENYING APPLICATION 

TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(Doc. 2) 

By motion filed January 12, 2016, Plaintiff Pressley Dwane Wiggins, by his attorney, Vijay 

Jagdish Patel, seeks to proceed in forma pauperis. Plaintiff submitted an application which is devoid 

of information, aside from a date and signature. Absent information regarding Plaintiff’s financial 

situation, the Court cannot evaluate whether Plaintiff is sufficiently impoverished to justify 

proceeding without paying the filing fee for his lawsuit. 

If Plaintiff elects to submit an amended application, as this order permits him to do, he must 

provide a completed application, providing all of the requested information. 

Accordingly, the Court DENIES Plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis. Plaintiff 

shall either submit an amended and complete application to proceed in forma pauperis or pay the 

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filing fee to the Clerk of the Court within thirty (30) days of this order. If Plaintiff does not pay the 

filing fee or submit an amended application, the Court shall dismiss the case for lack of prosecution 

without further notice. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 13, 2016 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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