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Parties Involved:
Nancy A. Berryhill
Defendant
Alec Devere Rafter
Plaintiff

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALEC DEVERE RAFTER,

Plaintiff,

v.

NANCY A. BERRYHILL,

Defendant.

Case No. 18-cv-06852-KAW 

ORDER DISCHARGING ORDER TO 

SHOW CAUSE; REQUIRING STATUS 

REPORT OR DISMISSAL

Re: Dkt. No. 4

On November 12, 2018, Plaintiff Alec Devere Rafter filed the instant case against 

Defendant, seeking judicial review of a decision of the Commissioner of Social Security. 

(Compl., Dkt. No. 1.) Plaintiff also filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis ("IFP 

application") as an attachment to the complaint. (Dkt. No. 1-2.) On November 13, 2018, Plaintiff 

was notified of an electronic filing error regarding the IFP application, and told to re-file the IFP 

application as a motion to proceed in forma pauperis.

Plaintiff failed to re-file the IFP application in the instant case. On February 26, 2019, the 

Court issued an order to show cause. (Dkt. No. 4.) On March 8, 2019, Plaintiff responded to the 

order to show cause. (Dkt. No. 5.) From Plaintiff's response, it became apparent that Plaintiff had 

filed the same case twice, both in the instant case and Case No. 18-cv-6870-RS, Rafter v. 

Berryhill. (Id. at 2.) 

On March 19, 2019, Judge Seeborg issued an order of referral for the purpose of 

determining whether the instant case and Case No. 18-cv-6870 were related. (Dkt. No. 6.) On 

March 26, 2019, the undersigned related the two cases.

Accordingly, the Court DISCHARGES the February 26, 2019 order to show cause. As the 

case has been progressing in Case No. 18-cv-6870, such that Defendant has appeared and the 

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administrative record has been filed, the Court ORDERS Plaintiff to file a dismissal of the instant 

case or a status report explaining why dismissal of the instant case is not warranted by April 9, 

2019. Dismissal will not affect Case No. 18-cv-6870.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 1, 2019

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KANDIS A. WESTMORE

United States Magistrate Judge

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